Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 116

The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras

Devanagari script

षष्ठं कन्दर्पनामानं मनोभवरतिप्रियौ । मातंग्यंतास्ततो न्यस्येत्स्थानेष्वेतेषु मंत्रवित् ॥ ११६ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhaṃ kandarpanāmānaṃ manobhavaratipriyau | mātaṃgyaṃtāstato nyasyetsthāneṣveteṣu maṃtravit || 116 ||

Translation

ထို့နောက် မန္တရသိသူသည် ဆဋ္ဌမအမည် ‘ကန္ဒရ္ပ’ ကိုလည်းကောင်း၊ ‘မနောဘဝ’၊ ‘ရတိ-ပရိယ’ နှင့် ‘မာတင်ဂီ’ ဖြင့် အဆုံးသတ်သော အမည်များကိုလည်းကောင်း၊ ဤသတ်မှတ်ထားသော နေရာများ၌ ညာသ (တင်ခြင်း) ပြုလုပ်၍ ချထားရမည်။

Word by Word

• षष्ठम्: the sixth
• षष्ठम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कन्दर्पनामानम्)

• कन्दर्पनामानम्: the name ‘Kandarpa’
• कन्दर्पनामानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्दर्प + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: कन्दर्पस्य नाम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• मनोभव: Manobhava (mind-born)
• मनोभव: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: मनसि भवः (mind-born; epithet of Kāma)

• रतिप्रियौ: (the two) beloved of Rati / Rati’s beloved (pair)
• रतिप्रियौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: रतिः प्रिया यस्य (epithet); द्विवचन—युगल-निर्देशः

• मातङ्ग्यन्ताः: ending with (the name) Mātaṅgī
• मातङ्ग्यन्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातङ्गी + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (एते); समासः: मातङ्गी अन्तः येषां (ending with Mātaṅgī)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thereafter)

• न्यस्येत्: should place/assign (perform nyāsa)
• न्यस्येत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि- अस्/न्यस् (धातु: न्यस् ‘to place’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्थानेषु: in the places/locations
• स्थानेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• एतेषु: in these
• एतेषु: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (स्थानेषु)

• मन्त्रवित्: the knower of mantras
• मन्त्रवित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: मन्त्रं वेत्ति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुषः)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical Vedanga/ritual exposition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Kandarpa
• Manobhava
• Rati

FAQs

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

It teaches disciplined mantra-practice: sacred names are not merely recited but ritually ‘installed’ (nyāsa) in prescribed locations, aligning speech, mind, and body with the mantra’s power under the guidance of mantra-knowledge (mantravit).

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

Though technical, it supports bhakti by prescribing focused, reverent remembrance of sacred names through embodied practice; devotion is stabilized when the practitioner internalizes the mantra via nyāsa rather than treating recitation as casual.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights applied ritual methodology—mantra-nyāsa (a technical procedure allied to correct mantra-use and ritual performance), emphasizing competence (mantravit) and precise assignment of mantra-names to specified ‘sthānas’.