Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 100

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

हृदग्निना युतं शून्यं व्याप्तेन शुचिना च युक् । शून्यं नभः शक्तियुतं नवार्णेयमुदाहृता ॥ १०० ॥

Transliteration

hṛdagninā yutaṃ śūnyaṃ vyāptena śucinā ca yuk | śūnyaṃ nabhaḥ śaktiyutaṃ navārṇeyamudāhṛtā || 100 ||

Translation

ഹൃദയാഗ്നിയോട് യുക്തമായ ‘ശൂന്യം’, സർവ്വവ്യാപിയായ ശുചിയോടും ചേർന്ന ‘ശൂന്യം’; കൂടാതെ ശക്തിയുക്തമായ ‘നഭഃ-ശൂന്യം’—ഇതിനെ നവാർണ (നവാക്ഷരി) എന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• हृदग्निना: with the heart-fire
• हृदग्निना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृत्/हृद् + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘heart-fire’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• युतम्: joined
• युतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (contextually predicative: ‘joined’)

• शून्यम्: void/emptiness
• शून्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय/कर्मसदृश (context: ‘void’)

• व्याप्तेन: by/with (that which is) pervaded
• व्याप्तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle ‘pervaded’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (शुचिना/शून्यं)

• शुचिना: with the pure (one)
• शुचिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; करण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• युक्: joined/connected
• युक्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्विप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त (present/agentive ‘joined/possessed of’); प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (शून्यम्)

• शून्यम्: void
• शून्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-विधेय

• नभः: sky/ether
• नभः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विधेय

• शक्तियुतम्: endowed with power
• शक्तियुतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्ति + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘joined with power’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (नभः/शून्यम्)

• नवार्णेयम्: the nine-syllabled (mantra)
• नवार्णेयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (‘nine syllables/letters’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नाम (mantra/vidyā)

• उदाहृता: is declared/said
• उदाहृता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (PPP used predicatively); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is declared’ (passive sense)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It encodes a technical mantra-teaching: the Navārṇa is presented as a union of inner fire (hṛd-agni), purity, all-pervasiveness, and Śakti—pointing to mantra as a synthesis of consciousness (ākāśa/nabhas) and divine power.

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

By framing the mantra as ‘Śakti-endowed’ and rooted in inner purification, it implies that effective upāsanā is not mere recitation but devotional interiorization—joining one’s heart (hṛd) to the divine presence that pervades all (vyāpta).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-vidyā and technical phonetic/semantic coding: the verse treats syllabic components (like śūnya and nabhas) as meaningful markers in a nine-syllabled formula, reflecting a Vedāṅga-style analytic approach to sacred sound.