Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 37

The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

विन्यसेन्न्यासषट्कं च षोढा न्यासोऽयमीरितः । अनेन न्यासवर्येण साक्षात्कृष्णसमो भवेत् ॥ ३७ ॥

Transliteration

vinyasennyāsaṣaṭkaṃ ca ṣoḍhā nyāso'yamīritaḥ | anena nyāsavaryeṇa sākṣātkṛṣṇasamo bhavet || 37 ||

Translation

ఆరు విధాల న్యాసాన్ని చేయాలి; ఇదే షోడశాంగ న్యాసమని ప్రకటించబడింది. ఈ ఉత్తమ న్యాసం వలన సాధకుడు సాక్షాత్ కృష్ణసముడై (సన్నిధి, శక్తిలో) అవుతాడు.

Word by Word

• विन्यसेत्: should place
• विन्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √न्यस् (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should place/arrange’

• न्यास-षट्कम्: the set of six nyāsas
• न्यास-षट्कम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + षट्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘न्यासस्य षट्कम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; ‘and’

• षोढा: sixfold
• षोढा: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षोढा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय; adverb ‘sixfold/in six ways’

• न्यासः: nyāsa (ritual placement)
• न्यासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun ‘this’

• ईरितः: is declared
• ईरितः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईरित (कृदन्त; √ईर्/ईर्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past passive participle ‘declared/said’ (predicate to ‘न्यासः’)

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental ‘by/with this’

• न्यास-वर्येण: by the excellent nyāsa
• न्यास-वर्येण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘वर्यः न्यासः’ = excellent nyāsa); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• साक्षात्: directly
• साक्षात्: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘directly/in person’

• कृष्ण-समः: equal to Krishna
• कृष्ण-समः: Karta-pratipatti (कर्ता-प्रतिपत्ति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘कृष्णेन समः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective

• भवेत्: becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘would become/should become’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Krishna

FAQs

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

It elevates nyāsa from a mere ritual gesture to a transformative consecration: properly placing mantra-power upon the body-mind is said to bring the sādhaka into direct divine likeness (Kṛṣṇa-sāmyā), meaning intimate proximity and spiritual empowerment through devotion.

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

Bhakti here is practiced as embodied remembrance: nyāsa installs the Lord’s names/mantras onto one’s limbs and awareness, turning the practitioner into a living locus of Kṛṣṇa-smaraṇa (constant recollection), which the text praises as leading to divine similarity.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights prayoga (applied ritual procedure) connected with mantra-śāstra—specifically nyāsa as a technical method of mantra-application and internalization, a key feature of the Narada Purana’s Book 1.3 instructional material.