Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्सप्तदिनं चैवं हन्याच्छत्रुं न संशयः । राजिकालवणैर्मुक्तचिकुरः पितृकानने ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

kurvansaptadinaṃ caivaṃ hanyācchatruṃ na saṃśayaḥ | rājikālavaṇairmuktacikuraḥ pitṛkānane || 35 ||

Translation

เมื่อปฏิบัติเช่นนี้เป็นเวลาเจ็ดวัน ย่อมทำลายศัตรูได้—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย ด้วยผมที่ปล่อยสยายและ (ชโลม) ด้วยเมล็ดมัสตาร์ดและเกลือ (พึงทำพิธีนี้) ในป่าช้าอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์แก่บรรพบุรุษ

Word by Word

• कुर्वन्: doing
• कुर्वन्: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle), परस्मैपद, प्रथमा एकवचन पुंलिङ्ग; √कृ ‘doing’

• सप्त-दिनम्: for seven days
• सप्त-दिनम्: कर्म/अवधि (Duration as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त दिनानि = seven days as a unit)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• हन्यात्: would/should kill
• हन्यात्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √हन् ‘kill’

• शत्रुम्: the enemy
• शत्रुम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not/no
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता/भाव (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘doubt’ (elliptic: ‘there is no doubt’)

• राजिका-लवणैः: with mustard and salt
• राजिका-लवणैः: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजिका (प्रातिपदिक) + लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः (राजिकाच लवणं च)

• मुक्त-चिकुरः: with loosened hair
• मुक्त-चिकुरः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √मुच्) + चिकुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘loosened hair’), used adjectivally for the doer

• पितृ-कानने: in a forest (grove) of the Pitṛs
• पितृ-कानने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां कानने)

Speaker

Narada (teaching ritual procedure in the Vedanga/technical section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

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

It presents a time-bound (seven-day) prayoga framed as a disciplined observance, linking efficacy to precise ritual conditions—place (Pitṛ grove) and bodily markers (loosened hair, mustard and salt)—showing how karma-kāṇḍa-style procedures are treated as rule-governed in the text.

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

This specific verse is primarily procedural rather than explicitly bhakti-centered; it reflects the Narada Purana’s inclusion of practical rites alongside devotion, implying that disciplined observance can accompany broader dharma and worship without being itself a direct bhakti teaching.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights prayoga-style ritual specification—duration (seven days), setting (Pitṛ-kānana), and required materials/observances (mustard, salt, loosened hair)—illustrating the technical, rule-based application typical of Vedanga-adjacent ritual instruction.