Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55

The Account of the Lalitā Hymn, the Protective Armor

Kavaca), and the Thousand Names (Sahasranāma

Devanagari script

उन्मादिनी तथैवार्थसाधिनीति प्रकीर्तिता । संपत्तिपूर्णा सा मंत्रमयी द्वंद्वक्षयंकरी ॥ ५५ ॥

Transliteration

unmādinī tathaivārthasādhinīti prakīrtitā | saṃpattipūrṇā sā maṃtramayī dvaṃdvakṣayaṃkarī || 55 ||

Translation

അവൾ ‘ഉന്മാദിനീ’ എന്നും ‘അർഥസാധിനീ’ എന്നും പ്രഖ്യാത; സമ്പത്താൽ പൂർണ്ണയായി, അവൾ മന്ത്രമയി, ദ്വന്ദ്വക്ഷയം വരുത്തുന്നവളാണ്।

Word by Word

• उन्मादिनी: Unmādinī (maddening one)
• उन्मादिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्मादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• अर्थसाधिनी: Arthasādhinī (fulfiller of purposes)
• अर्थसाधिनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + साधिन्/साधिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘अर्थस्य साधिनी’ (accomplisher of aims)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• प्रकीर्तिता: is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिता: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative verbal)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘(सा) प्रकीर्तिता’ = “she is proclaimed”

• संपत्तिपूर्णा: full of prosperity
• संपत्तिपूर्णा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘संपत्त्या पूर्णा’/‘संपत्तिभिः पूर्णा’ (full of prosperity)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• मंत्रमयी: made of mantra / mantra-embodied
• मंत्रमयी: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तद्धितार्थ/मयट्-प्रत्ययार्थ: ‘मन्त्रैः मयी’ (consisting of mantra)

• द्वंद्वक्षयंकरी: Dvaṃdva-kṣayaṃkarī (remover of opposites/conflicts)
• द्वंद्वक्षयंकरी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + करिन्/करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘द्वन्द्वस्य क्षयं करोति’ (destroyer of dualities/conflicts)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

The verse describes a mantra-śakti as mantra-embodied and capable of both worldly accomplishment (artha-siddhi, saṃpatti) and the higher spiritual fruit of dissolving inner dualities (dvaṃdva-kṣaya), indicating mantra practice as a bridge from success to liberation-oriented equanimity.

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

By calling the power “mantra-mayī,” the verse points to sustained japa and mantra-centered worship as transformative: devotion expressed through mantra steadies the mind, ripens grace, and weakens attachment to opposites like praise–blame or pleasure–pain.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights mantra-vidyā as a technical discipline aligned with Vedāṅga-style precision—correct mantra practice (sound, intent, and application) is presented as producing defined results: artha-sādhana (goal-fulfillment) and the psychological/spiritual outcome of dvaṃdva-kṣaya (equanimity).