Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 115

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

Devanagari script

माधवो मे कटिं पातु गोविन्दो गुह्यमेव च । नाभिं विष्णुश्च मे पातु जठरं मधुसूदनः ॥ ११५ ॥

Transliteration

mādhavo me kaṭiṃ pātu govindo guhyameva ca | nābhiṃ viṣṇuśca me pātu jaṭharaṃ madhusūdanaḥ || 115 ||

Translation

ขอพระมาธวะทรงคุ้มครองเอวของข้าพเจ้า; ขอพระโควินทะทรงคุ้มครองส่วนลับด้วย. ขอพระวิษณุทรงคุ้มครองสะดือของข้าพเจ้า; และขอพระมธุสูทนะทรงคุ้มครองท้องของข้าพเจ้า.

Word by Word

• माधवः: Mādhava (Vishnu)
• माधवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• कटिम्: waist/hips
• कटिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गोविन्दः: Govinda
• गोविन्दः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गुह्यम्: the secret part (genitals)
• गुह्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• नाभिम्: navel
• नाभिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• पातु: may (he) protect
• पातु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जठरम्: belly/abdomen
• जठरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मधोः सूदनः)

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Madhava
• Govinda
• Vishnu
• Madhusudana

FAQs

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

It presents a limb-by-limb protective invocation (a kavacha-style prayer), teaching that remembering Viṣṇu through specific divine names sanctifies and safeguards the body as an instrument for dharma and devotion.

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

Bhakti is expressed as continual reliance on the Lord’s names—Mādhava, Govinda, Viṣṇu, Madhusūdana—so that devotion becomes embodied practice, turning daily life and bodily awareness into remembrance (smaraṇa).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied mantra-prayoga used in protective recitation (kavacha/anga-rakṣā), akin to nyāsa-style placement of divine names on body-parts—practical ritual methodology rather than grammar or astrology.