Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 147

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

हाहाकारैः सदर्पैश्च कंपयंतं जगत्त्रयम् । आब्रह्मांडं समाख्याप्य कृत्वा भीमं कलेवरम् ॥ १४७ ॥

Transliteration

hāhākāraiḥ sadarpaiśca kaṃpayaṃtaṃ jagattrayam | ābrahmāṃḍaṃ samākhyāpya kṛtvā bhīmaṃ kalevaram || 147 ||

Translation

ଭୟଙ୍କର ହାହାକାର ଓ ଦର୍ପଭରା ପ୍ରଦର୍ଶନରେ ସେ ତ୍ରିଜଗତକୁ କମ୍ପିତ କଲେ। ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ନିଜ ପ୍ରଭାବ ଘୋଷଣା କରି ଭୀମ କଲେବର ଧାରଣ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• hāhākāraiḥ: with cries of 'hā hā' (wailings)
• hāhākāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāhākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sa-darpaiḥ: with pride/arrogance
• sa-darpaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + darpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); Tatpuruṣa: 'darpasahita' = with pride

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kampayantam: causing to tremble
• kampayantam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kampayat (कृदन्त; √kamp, causative)
• Form: Present active participle (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); causative sense 'making tremble'

• jagat-trayam: the three worlds
• jagat-trayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa: 'trayāṇāṃ jagatām samāhāraḥ' (the three worlds)

• ā-brahmāṇḍam: up to the cosmic egg (entire universe)
• ā-brahmāṇḍam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā (अव्यय) + brahmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva: 'ā-brahmāṇḍam' = up to/throughout the brahmāṇḍa; used adverbially

• samākhyāpya: having proclaimed
• samākhyāpya: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ākhyāpya (कृदन्त; √khyā with sam-ā, causative)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), causative sense 'having proclaimed/declared'

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा)

• bhīmam: terrible
• bhīmam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying 'kalevaram'

• kalevaram: body/form
• kalevaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narada (narrating within the dialogue framework to the Sanatkumara brothers)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Brahmanda
• Jagat-traya

FAQs

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

It portrays how pride (darpa) and violent agitation manifest as cosmic disorder—shaking the three worlds—signaling a breach of dharma that calls for restoration of divine order.

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

By contrasting arrogant, fear-inducing power with the stability of cosmic order, the verse implicitly points devotees toward refuge in the dharmic, divine center (often Vishnu in the Purana’s theology) rather than fear-based dominance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse uses Purāṇic cosmological terminology—jagat-traya and brahmāṇḍa—useful for Itihāsa-Purāṇa style exposition; it is not a direct instruction in a specific Vedāṅga like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa in this line.