Shloka 16

The Greatness of Puruṣottama

Aṣṭākṣarī Maṇḍala-Pūjā and Nyāsa

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नो हृदये पीतोऽनिरुद्धो मेहने स्थितः । सर्वांगे सर्वशक्तिश्च चतुर्व्यूहार्चितो हरिः ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

pradyumno hṛdaye pīto'niruddho mehane sthitaḥ | sarvāṃge sarvaśaktiśca caturvyūhārcito hariḥ || 16 ||

Translation

ప్రద్యుమ్నుని స్వర్ణవర్ణుడిగా హృదయంలో ధ్యానించాలి; అనిరుద్ధుడు జననేంద్రియంలో స్థితుడై ఉన్నాడు. సమస్త దేహమంతా వ్యాపించిన సర్వశక్తితో హరి చతుర్వ్యూహరూపంగా ఆరాధ్యుడు.

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पीतः: imbibed/drunk
• पीतः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पीत’ = ‘drunk/imbibed’

• अनिरुद्धः: Aniruddha
• अनिरुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मेहने: in the organ of urination (genitals)
• मेहने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• स्थितः: situated
• स्थितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Active/Passive participial usage), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = ‘standing/placed’

• सर्व-अङ्गे: in the whole body / in every limb
• सर्व-अङ्गे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• सर्व-शक्तिः: all power / omnipotence
• सर्व-शक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्-व्यूह-अर्चितः: worshipped as the four Vyūhas
• चतुर्-व्यूह-अर्चितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of हरिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यूह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चित (कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘चतुर्व्यूहानाम् अर्चितः’; ‘अर्चित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching the Sanatkumara brothers)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Pradyumna
• Aniruddha
• Caturvyuha

FAQs

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

It teaches inner worship (antar-yāga) by placing forms of Hari’s Caturvyūha within the body, turning the practitioner’s own limbs into a sacred field of meditation and surrender.

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

Bhakti here is practiced as constant remembrance: the devotee visualizes Pradyumna in the heart and Aniruddha in the generative center, recognizing Hari’s all-pervading śakti throughout the body as an object of worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse aligns most with ritual application (kalpa in practice) through nyāsa-like placement and mantra-based visualization, a disciplined method used in Vaiṣṇava worship traditions.