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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 136

Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana

Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras

Devanagari script

व्याख्यामुद्रिकया लसत्करतलं सद्योगपीठस्थितं वामे जानुतले दधानमपरं हस्तं सुविद्यानिधिम् । विप्रव्रातवृतं प्रसन्नमनसं पाथोरुहांगद्युतिं पाराशर्यमतीव पुण्यचरितं व्यासं स्मरेत्सिद्धये ॥ १३६ ॥

Transliteration

vyākhyāmudrikayā lasatkaratalaṃ sadyogapīṭhasthitaṃ vāme jānutale dadhānamaparaṃ hastaṃ suvidyānidhim | vipravrātavṛtaṃ prasannamanasaṃ pāthoruhāṃgadyutiṃ pārāśaryamatīva puṇyacaritaṃ vyāsaṃ smaretsiddhaye || 136 ||

Translation

സിദ്ധിക്കായി പാരാശര്യനായ വ്യാസനെ സ്മരിക്കണം—വ്യാഖ്യാമുദ്രയാൽ ദീപ്തമായ കരതലം ഉള്ളവൻ, ശ്രേഷ്ഠ യോഗപീഠത്തിൽ ആസീനൻ; ഇടത് മുട്ടിന്മേൽ മറ്റുകൈ വച്ചിരിക്കുന്നവൻ, അത് സുവിദ്യയുടെ നിധിപോലെ; ബ്രാഹ്മണവൃന്ദം ചുറ്റിനിൽക്കുന്നവൻ, പ്രസന്നമനസ്സുള്ളവൻ, പദ്മസമാന ദേഹകാന്തിയുള്ളവൻ, അത്യന്തം പുണ്യചരിതൻ।

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व्याख्यामुद्रिकयाwith the teaching-gesture (mudrā)
व्याख्यामुद्रिकया:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootव्याख्या (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्रिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘व्याख्यायाः मुद्रिका’
लसत्करतलम्having shining palms
लसत्करतलम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object of स्मरेत्—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Rootलसत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √लस्) + करतल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त ‘लसत्’ (shining) used adjectivally; कर्मधारय: ‘लसत् करतलम्’
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
योगपीठस्थितम्seated on the yogic seat
योगपीठस्थितम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object of स्मरेत्—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Rootयोग (प्रातिपदिक) + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √स्था)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘योगपीठे स्थितम्’ (locative relation)
वामेon the left (side)
वामे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (left) used substantively
जानुतलेon the knee-surface (on the knee)
जानुतले:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootजानु (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘जानोः तलम्’
दधानम्holding, bearing
दधानम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object of स्मरेत्—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Root√धा (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle/शतृ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी-धातु
अपरम्the other
अपरम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of हस्तम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण
हस्तम्hand
हस्तम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—part of description)
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
सुविद्यानिधिम्treasure of excellent knowledge
सुविद्यानिधिम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—apposition/attribute)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: ‘सुविद्यायाः निधिः’ = treasure of good knowledge
विप्रव्रातवृतम्surrounded by a group of brāhmaṇas
विप्रव्रातवृतम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रात (प्रातिपदिक) + वृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √वृ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त ‘वृत’ (surrounded); तत्पुरुष: ‘विप्रव्रातेन वृतम्’
प्रसन्नमनसम्with a serene mind
प्रसन्नमनसम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √सद्/√सन्) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘प्रसन्नं मनः यस्य’ (as descriptive compound)
पाथोरुहाङ्गद्युतिम्having lotus-like bodily radiance
पाथोरुहाङ्गद्युतिम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Rootपाथोरुह (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पाथोरुहस्य अङ्ग-द्युतिः’ = lotus-like body-lustre
पाराशर्यम्Pārāśarya (Vyāsa)
पाराशर्यम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object of स्मरेत्)
TypeNoun
Rootपाराशर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गोत्र/पितृव्युत्पन्न-नाम (patronymic: son of Parāśara)
अतीवexceedingly
अतीव:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier adverb)
पुण्यचरितम्of holy conduct
पुण्यचरितम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object—describing Vyāsa)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √चर्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘पुण्यं चरितम्’ = holy deeds/character
व्यासम्Vyāsa
व्यासम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object of स्मरेत्)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
स्मरेत्should remember/meditate upon
स्मरेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√स्मृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सिद्धयेfor success/accomplishment
सिद्धये:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
Speaker

Narada (instruction within Vedanga-oriented teachings; dhyana for success in vidya)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
V
Vyasa
P
Parashara

FAQs

It prescribes guru-smṛti (recollection/meditation on the primordial teacher Vyāsa) as a means to siddhi—success in sacred learning and inner steadiness—linking knowledge to purity, serenity, and yogic composure.

Though framed as a vidyā-oriented dhyāna, it reflects bhakti through reverent remembrance of Vyāsa as a holy, radiant teacher; devotion to the guru and the tradition becomes a supportive limb for progress in dharma and spiritual study.

It highlights the practical discipline behind Vedāṅga study: concentrating the mind (dhyāna), honoring the transmitter of śāstra (Vyāsa), and seeking vidyā-siddhi—useful for rigorous fields like Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, and other technical sciences.

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