Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34

The Exposition of Hanumān’s Protective Kavaca

Māruti-kavaca

Devanagari script

सीताशोकविनाशाय राममुद्राधराय च । रावणांतनिदानाय नमः सर्वोत्तरात्मने ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

sītāśokavināśāya rāmamudrādharāya ca | rāvaṇāṃtanidānāya namaḥ sarvottarātmane || 34 ||

Translation

സീതയുടെ ശോകം നശിപ്പിച്ചവനേ, രാമമുദ്രിക ധരിച്ചവനേ, രാവണാന്തത്തിന് നിർണായക കാരണമായ സർവോത്തരാത്മനേ, നമസ്കാരം।

Word by Word

• सीता-शोक-विनाशाय: to the destroyer of Sītā’s sorrow
• सीता-शोक-विनाशाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सीतायाः शोकस्य विनाशः)

• राम-मुद्रा-धराय: to the bearer of Rāma’s signet-ring
• राम-मुद्रा-धराय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य मुद्रां धरति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• रावण-अन्त-निदानाय: to the cause of Rāvaṇa’s end
• रावण-अन्त-निदानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + निदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रावणस्य अन्तस्य निदानम्)

• नमः: salutation; homage
• नमः: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधनार्थ-प्रयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नमः-प्रयोगः (salutation)

• सर्वोत्तर-आत्मने: to the supreme Self, higher than all
• सर्वोत्तर-आत्मने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् उत्तरः) + आत्मन्

Speaker

Narada (hymnic praise within the teaching context to Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Sita
• Rama
• Ravana
• Sarvottaratman (Supreme Self)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It frames the Rama narrative as a revelation of the sarvottarātman—the Supreme Self—who removes the devotee’s grief (Sītā’s sorrow) and brings adharma to its destined end (Rāvaṇa’s downfall).

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By offering namas (salutation) and remembering the Lord through specific leelas—comforting Sītā, bearing Rāma’s signet, and ending Rāvaṇa—it models bhakti as focused remembrance (smaraṇa) and praise (stuti) of the divine qualities and acts.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse exemplifies mantra-style composition and meaningful compound usage (samāsa) central to Vyākaraṇa (grammar), where epithets like sītāśokavināśa and sarvottarātman condense theology into precise linguistic forms.