Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26

Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam

Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān

Devanagari script

कृष्णमुञ्चाटने द्वेषेऽरुणं मारणकर्मणि । कूटतुल्यपलं तैलं गुरुकार्ये शिवैर्गुणम् ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

kṛṣṇamuñcāṭane dveṣe'ruṇaṃ māraṇakarmaṇi | kūṭatulyapalaṃ tailaṃ gurukārye śivairguṇam || 26 ||

Translation

မကောင်းသက်ရောက်မှုများကို မောင်းထုတ်သော ကర్మတွင် အနက်ရောင်ပစ္စည်းကို သုံးရမည်။ အမုန်းတရားမှ ပေါက်ဖွားသော လုပ်ရပ်များတွင် အနီရောင်ကို သုံးရမည်။ ဖျက်ဆီးရန် ရည်ရွယ်သော ကర్మတွင်လည်း သတ်မှတ်ထားသော အနီရောင်ကို သုံးရသည်။ ကူဋာနှင့် အလေးချိန်တူသော ပလာတစ်ပလာ အဆီသည် အရေးကြီးသော ကိစ္စကြီးများတွင် ကောင်းမြတ်သည့် ဂုဏ်တော်များဖြင့် ထိရောက်သည်ဟု ဆိုကြသည်။

Word by Word

• kṛṣṇa-muñcāṭane: in the black rite (muñcāṭana)
• kṛṣṇa-muñcāṭane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa + muñcāṭana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Saptamī (7th/Locative), Ekavacana; 'kṛṣṇasya muñcāṭane' (in blackening/black rite)

• dveṣe: in hatred/hostility
• dveṣe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dveṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (7th/Locative), Ekavacana

• aruṇam: reddish
• aruṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/ द्वितीया, Ekavacana; predicative adjective (varṇa)

• māraṇa-karmaṇi: in the act/rite of killing (māraṇa)
• māraṇa-karmaṇi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māraṇa + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Saptamī (7th/Locative), Ekavacana; 'māraṇasya karmaṇi'

• kūṭa-tulya-palam: a pala equal to a kūṭa (measure)
• kūṭa-tulya-palam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kūṭa + tulya + pala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/ द्वितीया, Ekavacana; 'kūṭena tulyam palam' (a pala equal to a kūṭa)

• tailam: oil
• tailam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Prathamā/ द्वितीया, Ekavacana

• guru-kārye: in a teacher’s matter/for the guru’s purpose
• guru-kārye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru + kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Saptamī (7th/Locative), Ekavacana; 'guroḥ kārye'

• śivaiḥ: with auspicious (means)
• śivaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/Instrumental), Bahuvacana; used adverbially as 'with auspicious (things/qualities)'

• guṇam: a quality/merit
• guṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā/ द्वितीया, Ekavacana; predicative/object complement

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/ritual context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: raudra

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that ritual actions (prayoga) are governed by precise correspondences—such as color and measurement—so that intention, material, and procedure align; this reflects the Purana’s technical, Vedanga-adjacent discipline in sacred practice.

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

Indirectly: it shows that even technical rites require regulated conduct and exactness; in the Narada Purana framework, disciplined, dharmic practice supports a mind fit for devotion, though the verse itself focuses on ritual procedure rather than explicit Vishnu-bhakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Practical ritual science: selecting materials by prescribed attributes (e.g., color) and using traditional weight measures (pala, kūṭa) for preparing substances like oil—details typical of prayoga manuals and allied technical disciplines.