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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमार उवाच । शुणु नारद वक्ष्यामि दिव्यान्नरहरेर्मनून् । यान्समाराध्य ब्रह्माद्याश्चक्रुः सृष्ट्यादि कर्म वै ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

sanatkumāra uvāca | śuṇu nārada vakṣyāmi divyānnaraharermanūn | yānsamārādhya brahmādyāścakruḥ sṛṣṭyādi karma vai || 1 ||

Translation

Санат-кумара сказал: Слушай, Нарада; я возвещу божественные мантры Нарахари. Умилостивив их почитанием, Брахма и прочие первосущие воистину совершили деяния — творение и последующее.

Word by Word
सनत्कुमारःSanatkumāra
सनत्कुमारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसनत् + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सनन् कुमारः) proper name
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; said/spoke
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; listen
नारदO Nārada
नारद:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative singular
वक्ष्यामिI will explain
वक्ष्यामि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; I will tell
दिव्यान्divine
दिव्यान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; adjective qualifying ‘manūn’ (divine)
नरहरेःof Narahari (Viṣṇu)
नरहरेः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootनरहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणां हरिः) as a name; genitive singular (of Narahari)
मनून्mantras
मनून्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; accusative plural (mantras/manus)
यान्which
यान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; relative pronoun referring to ‘manūn’ (which)
समाराध्यhaving worshipped
समाराध्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√राध् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); having propitiated/worshipped
ब्रह्माद्याःBrahmā and others
ब्रह्माद्याः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मा आदिः येषाम्) = Brahmā and others
चक्रुःperformed
चक्रुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; they did/performed
सृष्ट्यादि(acts) beginning with creation
सृष्ट्यादि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसृष्टि + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, अव्ययवत्/विशेषणरूपेण; तत्पुरुष (सृष्टिः आदिः यस्य) = beginning with creation; used adjectivally with ‘karma’
कर्मacts
कर्म:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular (act/deed)
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/एवकारार्थक (emphatic particle: indeed)
Speaker

Sanatkumara

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara
N
Narahari
V
Vishnu
B
Brahma

FAQs

It establishes Narahari’s mantras as divinely potent and tradition-authorized, declaring that even cosmic functions like creation are accomplished through their proper propitiation.

Bhakti here is framed as reverent mantra-upāsanā—listening, receiving, and worshipfully applying Narahari’s sacred formulas as a direct means to divine grace and accomplishment.

It points to mantra-vidhi (disciplined use of sacred formulas)—a practical, technical aspect of Vedic practice that depends on correct transmission, recitation, and worship-procedure.

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