Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 122

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

षड्दीर्घस्वरयुक्तेन विद्यायाः स्यात्षडंगकम् । तेनैव पुटितैरर्णैर्न्यसेच्छ्रोत्रादिपञ्चसु ॥ १२२ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaḍdīrghasvarayuktena vidyāyāḥ syātṣaḍaṃgakam | tenaiva puṭitairarṇairnyasecchrotrādipañcasu || 122 ||

Translation

सहा दीर्घ स्वरांनी युक्त झाल्यावर ही विद्या षडंगरूप होते. त्याच पुटित अक्षरांनी श्रोत्रादी पाच इंद्रिय-केंद्रांवर न्यास करावा.

Word by Word

• षट्-दीर्घ-स्वर-युक्तेन: with (letters) joined with six long vowels
• षट्-दीर्घ-स्वर-युक्तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक) + दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘युक्तेन’ (instrumental) qualifying implied ‘मन्त्रेण/वर्णेन’

• विद्यायाः: of the vidyā (mantra/knowledge)
• विद्यायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचन

• स्यात्: should be / would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• षट्-अङ्गकम्: a six-limbed (six-part) form
• षट्-अङ्गकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पुटितैः: with enclosed/covered (ones)
• पुटितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुटित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √पुट्/पुट्—‘to cover/enclose’, past participle sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘अर्णैः’)

• अर्णैः: with syllables/letters
• अर्णैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचन

• न्यसेत्: should place/assign (nyāsa)
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• श्रोत्र-आदि-पञ्चसु: in the five (organs/places) beginning with the ear
• श्रोत्र-आदि-पञ्चसु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (अधिकरण) बहुवचन; ‘पञ्चसु’ = in the five (places) beginning with the ear

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, Vedanga/Mantra-technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It teaches that sound (svara/varṇa) is not merely linguistic but a sacred technology: by structuring the vidyā with prescribed vowels and then placing it through nyāsa on the sense-centres, the practitioner sanctifies perception and makes the body a fit vessel for mantra.

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

Though technical, it supports bhakti by disciplining the senses: nyāsa on the ear and other faculties redirects hearing, seeing, and speaking toward sacred recitation and remembrance, stabilizing devotion through regulated mantra-practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-vidhi are highlighted—specifically the use of long vowels (dīrgha-svara), syllabic arrangement (arṇa/varṇa), and nyāsa as a ritual application of sound-science.