Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 127

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

दंडार्पितां प्रिये मंत्रो रामरामाक्षरो मतः । ऋषिः शुक्रस्तथानुष्टुप्छंदो रामोऽस्य देवता ॥ १२७ ॥

Transliteration

daṃḍārpitāṃ priye maṃtro rāmarāmākṣaro mataḥ | ṛṣiḥ śukrastathānuṣṭupchaṃdo rāmo'sya devatā || 127 ||

Translation

Ó amada, o mantra é tido como o de duas sílabas: “Rāma, Rāma”, um mantra confiado ao discípulo. Seu ṛṣi é Śukra; seu metro é Anuṣṭubh; e sua deidade regente é Rāma.

Word by Word

• दण्ड-अर्पिताम्: offered (as/with) a staff
• दण्ड-अर्पिताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्पित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular; ‘offered with a staff/rod’ or ‘offered as a punishment’ (contextual)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; Vocative singular (‘O beloved’)

• मन्त्रः: the mantra
• मन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• राम-राम-अक्षरः: having the syllables “Rāma Rāma”
• राम-राम-अक्षरः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक) + राम (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular; ‘having the syllables “rāma rāma”’

• मतः: is considered
• मतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु) → मत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively: ‘is considered/held to be’

• ऋषिः: the seer (ṛṣi)
• ऋषिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• शुक्रः: Śukra
• शुक्रः: Samanaadhikarana (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular (name)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘thus/and also’

• अनुष्टुप्-छन्दः: Anuṣṭubh meter
• अनुष्टुप्-छन्दः: Samanaadhikarana (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुष्टुप् (प्रातिपदिक) + छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular; ‘Anuṣṭubh meter’

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अस्य: of this (mantra)
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular (‘of this/of it’)

• देवता: the presiding deity
• देवता: Samanaadhikarana (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Narada (in an instructional, technical mantravidhi context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Shukra
• Anushtubh

FAQs

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

It defines the mantra’s formal Vedic identifiers—ṛṣi, chandas, and devatā—showing that devotion to Rāma-nāma is practiced with scriptural precision, not merely sentiment.

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

By stating that the devatā of the mantra is Rāma and the mantra-form is ‘Rāma Rāma,’ it frames bhakti as direct divine remembrance (nāma-japa) centered on Lord Rāma.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Chandas (Vedic metre) and mantra-lakṣaṇa: the verse specifies Anuṣṭubh as the metre and gives the standard triad—ṛṣi, chandas, devatā—used in correct mantra recitation and viniyoga.