Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 143
The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
Devanagari script
भूतभीतिहरं वामवाहौ स्त्रीणां च पुत्रदम् । नृणां दक्षिणबाहुस्थं निर्धनानां धनप्रदम् ॥ १४३ ॥
Transliteration
bhūtabhītiharaṃ vāmavāhau strīṇāṃ ca putradam | nṛṇāṃ dakṣiṇabāhusthaṃ nirdhanānāṃ dhanapradam || 143 ||
Translation
हे भूतभय हरते; डाव्या बाहूवर धारण केल्यास स्त्रियांना पुत्रप्रद होते. पुरुषांच्या उजव्या बाहूवर असल्यास निर्धनांना धन देणारे ठरते.
Word by Word
bhūta-bhīti-haramremover of fear of spirits
bhūta-bhīti-haram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhīti (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (कृदन्त; √hṛ धातु)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; compound used adjectivally; hara = present participial/agent-noun derivative (कर्तरि) from √hṛ
vāma-vāhauin the left arm
vāma-vāhau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvāma (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘in/on the left arm’
strīṇāmof women
strīṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootstrī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
putra-damgiver of a son
putra-dam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक) + da (कृदन्त; √dā धातु)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘giver of a son’ (द = ददाति-कर्तरि)
nṛṇāmof men
nṛṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
dakṣiṇa-bāhu-sthamsituated in the right arm
dakṣiṇa-bāhu-stham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā धातु)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘situated in the right arm’ (स्थ = स्थित/स्थ)
nirdhanānāmof the poor
nirdhanānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootnirdhana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (contextual), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; used for persons ‘the poor’
dhana-pradambestower of wealth
dhana-pradam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhana (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (कृदन्त; √dā धातु with pra-)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘bestower of wealth’
Speaker
Unspecified (gnomic/ritual instruction style verse; no explicit speaker indicated in the line provided).
Vrata Kalpa
Vrata: none
Verse Rasa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
Characters & Entities
B
bhūta (beings/spirits)W
women (strī)M
men (nṛ)T
the poor/wealthless (nirdhana)L
left arm (vāma-bāhu)R
right arm (dakṣiṇa-bāhu)S
son/offspring (putra)W
wealth (dhana)FAQs