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Varaha Purana 192.7: Adhyaya 192, Shloka 7

Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite

नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदाहरेत् ॥ मन्त्रः- ॐ नमो नमो वासुदेव त्वं गतिस्त्वं परायणम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 192.7

namo nārāyaṇāyeti uktvā mantram udāharet || mantraḥ— oṃ namo namo vāsudeva tvaṃ gatis tvaṃ parāyaṇam ||

‘नमो नारायणाय’ इति उक्त्वा मन्त्रं उदाहरेत्। मन्त्रः—‘ॐ नमो नमो वासुदेव, त्वं गतिः त्वं परायणम्’।

namaḥsalutation, homage
namaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya used as salutation (नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय)
nārāyaṇāyato Nārāyaṇa
nārāyaṇāya:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
FormAbsolutive/gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having said’
mantramthe mantra
mantram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
udāharetshould utter/recite
udāharet:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-ā-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
mantraḥthe mantra (is):
mantraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
oṃOṃ
oṃ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootoṃ (अव्यय)
FormSacred syllable (प्रणव-अव्यय)
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya salutation (नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय)
namaḥsalutation
namaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/utterance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnamas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya salutation (नमस्कारार्थक-अव्यय)
vāsudevaO Vāsudeva
vāsudeva:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
gatiḥrefuge, goal
gatiḥ:
Pradhana-predicative (विधेय/समासार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootgati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tvamyou
tvam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
parāyaṇamsupreme resort, ultimate refuge
parāyaṇam:
Pradhana-predicative (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootparāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate nominative

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
M
Mantra and Ritual Studies

FAQs

It preserves a standardized devotional-mantric formula associated with Vaiṣṇava practice, embedded within a ritual protocol for peace and protection.

None; the content is liturgical and formulaic.

To articulate reliance on a protective principle (gati/parāyaṇa) as part of a disciplined rite, framed as a non-coercive act of seeking refuge.

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