Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 93

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

लज्जादीर्घत्रयोपेता होत्रयं चैहि युग्मकम् । विलोमं पंचकूटानि सर्वशत्रून्हनद्वयम् ॥ ९३ ॥

Transliteration

lajjādīrghatrayopetā hotrayaṃ caihi yugmakam | vilomaṃ paṃcakūṭāni sarvaśatrūnhanadvayam || 93 ||

Translation

“लज्जा”पासून आरंभ होणारे अक्षर तीन दीर्घ स्वरांनी जोडून, नंतर “होत्रयं” हे त्रय आणि “चैहि” हे युग्म घ्यावे। पुढे विलोमक्रमाने पाच कूट रचून, सर्व शत्रूंचा नाश करणारे म्हणतात ते “हन” द्वय जोडावे॥९३॥

Word by Word

• लज्जा: (with) ‘lajjā’ syllable/word
• लज्जा: Visheshana (विशेषण-पूर्वपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as first member in compound (समासपूर्वपद)

• दीर्घ: long (vowel/utterance)
• दीर्घ: Visheshana (विशेषण-पूर्वपद)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; compound member (समासपूर्वपद)

• त्रय: three
• त्रय: Visheshana (विशेषण-पूर्वपद)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; numeral base used in compound

• उपेता: endowed with / accompanied by
• उपेता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with implied ‘माला/विद्या’ etc.

• होत्रयम्: the triple ‘ho’ (threefold utterance)
• होत्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हो + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एहि: come!
• एहि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• युग्मकम्: a pair / the paired one
• युग्मकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• विलोमम्: in reverse order / reversed
• विलोमम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; used adverbially in mantra-instruction sense

• पञ्चकूटानि: the five ‘kūṭa’ units
• पञ्चकूटानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वशत्रून्: all enemies
• सर्वशत्रून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• हनद्वयम्: the double ‘han’ (twofold ‘kill’)
• हनद्वयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हन् (धातु) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘two (utterances) of han/kill’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in dialogue instruction to Narada on technical recitation/encoded mantra construction)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It presents a technical, phonetic-mantric procedure: arranging syllables with long vowels, pairing and triads, and reversing order to produce a protective formula aimed at removing hostile forces and inner obstacles.

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

Indirectly: it shows that devotional life in the Purana also includes disciplined Vedic techniques—sound, recitation order, and mantra-structure—used to protect the sādhaka so devotion can proceed without impediments.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-prayoga: use of dīrgha (long vowels), yugma (pairing), viloma (reverse recitation), and structured grouping (kūṭa) as applied to ritual/recitational technique.