Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 72

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

Devanagari script

अथांगारकमंत्रं तु वक्ष्ये धनसुतप्रदम् । तारो दीर्घेंदुयुग्व्योम तदेवेंदुयुतः पुनः ॥ ७२ ॥

Transliteration

athāṃgārakamaṃtraṃ tu vakṣye dhanasutapradam | tāro dīrgheṃduyugvyoma tadeveṃduyutaḥ punaḥ || 72 ||

Translation

ယခု ငွေကြေးနှင့် သားရတနာ ပေးသနားသော အင်္ဂါရက (မားစ်) မန္တရကို ငါဆိုမည်။ ၎င်းသည် «တာရ» (oṃ)၊ ထို့နောက် ရှည်သံ «ī»၊ ထို့နောက် «အိန္ဒု» (ṃ)၊ ထို့နောက် «ယုဂ» (ga)၊ ထို့နောက် «ဗျောမ» (ha) ဖြင့် ဖွဲ့ပြီး၊ ထိုအစဉ်ကို ထပ်မံ «အိန္ဒု» (ṃ) နှင့် ပေါင်းစည်းထားသည်။

Word by Word

• अथ: now
• अथ: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भसूचक-अव्यय (now/then)

• अङ्गारकमन्त्रम्: the Aṅgāraka (Mars) mantra
• अङ्गारकमन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक-मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• वक्ष्ये: I shall state
• वक्ष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• धनसुतप्रदम्: bestowing wealth and sons
• धनसुतप्रदम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन-सुत-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (mantraṃ)

• तारः: the ‘tāra’ (Oṃ) syllable
• तारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (मन्त्रबीज-निर्देश: ‘tāra’ = ॐ)

• दीर्घेन्दुयुग्व्योम: (mantric sequence) ‘dīrgha–indu–yug–vyoma’
• दीर्घेन्दुयुग्व्योम: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ-इन्दु-युग्-व्योम (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्रपद-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (मन्त्र-निर्देशरूपेण); (दीर्घ + इन्दु + युग् + व्योम)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• इन्दुयुतः: joined with ‘indu’
• इन्दुयुतः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्दु-युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘joined with indu (moon)’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Avyaya (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (again)

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka (Mars)

FAQs

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

It presents a Jyotiṣa-oriented mantra instruction: a graha-mantra for Aṅgāraka (Mars) whose stated phala is prosperity and progeny, showing how mantra-vidyā is embedded in the Purāṇa’s technical (Vedāṅga) section.

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

While primarily technical, it supports bhakti in a practical way: graha-mantras are used to remove obstacles and stabilize life-conditions, enabling steadier worship and dharma; the focus here is remedial discipline rather than narrative devotion.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa and mantra-nirūpaṇa: the verse encodes a mantra through phonetic markers (praṇava, long vowel, anusvāra/bindu, and specified syllables), reflecting a technical method of constructing bīja-like mantras used in graha-śānti rites.