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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 109

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

Devanagari script

उन्मीलन्नवकैरवालिविगलन्माध्वीकलब्धांतरं भ्राम्यन्मत्तमिलिंदगीतललिते सन्मल्लिकोज्जृम्भिते । पीयूषांशुकरैर्विशालितहरित्प्रांते स्मरोद्दीपने कालिन्दीपुलिनांगणे स्मितमुखं वेणुं रणंतं मुहुः ॥ १०९ ॥

Transliteration

unmīlannavakairavālivigalanmādhvīkalabdhāṃtaraṃ bhrāmyanmattamiliṃdagītalalite sanmallikojjṛmbhite | pīyūṣāṃśukarairviśālitaharitprāṃte smaroddīpane kālindīpulināṃgaṇe smitamukhaṃ veṇuṃ raṇaṃtaṃ muhuḥ || 109 ||

Translation

ณลานทรายริมฝั่งกาลินที—ที่ซึ่งช่อบัวขาวอ่อนแย้มบาน มีน้ำผึ้งซึมอยู่ภายใน เหล่าภมรเมามายบินวนขับขานเสียงหวาน และดอกมลลิกางามสง่ากำลังคลี่บาน—ในทุ่งเขียวที่แผ่กว้างด้วยรัศมีจันทร์เย็นดุจน้ำอมฤตซึ่งปลุกเร้าความรัก พระกฤษณะผู้มีรอยยิ้มจึงเป่าขลุ่ยกังวานซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า

Word by Word
उन्मीलत्-नव-कैरव-आलि-विगलत्-माध्वीका-लब्ध-अन्तरम्(a scene) having intervals filled with dripping honey from rows of newly opening white lotuses
उन्मीलत्-नव-कैरव-आलि-विगलत्-माध्वीका-लब्ध-अन्तरम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootउद्+मील् (धातु)+नव (प्रातिपदिक)+कैरव (प्रातिपदिक)+आलि (प्रातिपदिक)+वि+गल् (धातु)+माध्वीका (प्रातिपदिक)+लभ् (धातु)+अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः—(उन्मीलत् नवकैरव-आलि) (विगलत् माध्वीका) (लब्धम् अन्तरम्) यस्य (अर्थतः ‘having spaces filled/obtained by dripping honey from rows of newly opening lotuses’)
भ्राम्यत्-मत्त-मिलिन्द-गीत-ललितेin (a place) made charming by the songs of roaming intoxicated bees
भ्राम्यत्-मत्त-मिलिन्द-गीत-ललिते:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootभ्रम् (धातु)+मत्त (प्रातिपदिक)+मिलिन्द (प्रातिपदिक)+गीत (प्रातिपदिक)+ललित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—भ्राम्यन्तः मत्तमिलिन्दाः, तेषां गीतैः ललिते (तत्पुरुष; ‘charming with songs of roaming intoxicated bees’)
सत्-मल्लिका-उज्जृम्भितेin (a place) blossoming with lovely jasmine
सत्-मल्लिका-उज्जृम्भिते:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)+मल्लिका (प्रातिपदिक)+उद्+जृम्भ् (धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘उज्जृम्भित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः—सन्मल्लिकाभिः उज्जृम्भिते (touched/expanded with fine jasmine blossoms)
पीयूष-अंशु-करैःby nectar-like rays (moonbeams)
पीयूष-अंशु-करैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootपीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)+अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)+कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः—पीयूषवत् अंशवः, तेषां कराः (तत्पुरुष; ‘nectar-like rays’)
विशालित-हरित्-प्रान्तेin the broad green expanse
विशालित-हरित्-प्रान्ते:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootविशालित (प्रातिपदिक)+हरित् (प्रातिपदिक)+प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—विशालः हरित्प्रान्तः (तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभाव)
स्मर-उद्दीपनेin (a setting) that kindles love
स्मर-उद्दीपने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootस्मर (प्रातिपदिक)+उद्+दीप् (धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—स्मरस्य उद्दीपनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
कालिन्दी-पुलिन-अङ्गणेin the courtyard on the Yamunā’s sandy bank
कालिन्दी-पुलिन-अङ्गणे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootकालिन्दी (प्रातिपदिक)+पुलिन (प्रातिपदिक)+अङ्गण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—कालिन्द्याः पुलिनस्य अङ्गणम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
स्मित-मुखम्smiling-faced
स्मित-मुखम्:
कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्मित (प्रातिपदिक)+मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—स्मितं मुखं यस्य (कर्मधारय; ‘smiling-faced’)
वेणुम्the flute
वेणुम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
रणन्तम्resounding/playing
रणन्तम्:
कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootरण् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘making sound/resounding’
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of frequency)
Speaker

Narada (in the narrative flow of Book 1.3, typically within instruction/description addressed in the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shringara

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
K
Kālindī (Yamunā)
S
Smara (Kāma)
B
Bees (miliṃda)
L
Lotuses (kairava)
J
Jasmine (mallikā)

FAQs

The verse uses sacred nature imagery on the Yamunā (Kālindī) bank to direct the mind into dhyāna: the sweetness of blossoms, bees, moon-cool rays, and flute-sound together model how devotional contemplation transforms sensory beauty into remembrance of the Divine.

Bhakti is shown as repeated, affectionate remembrance—“muhuḥ” (again and again)—centered on the Lord’s līlā-like presence (smiling face, flute music) within a sanctified setting, where the heart naturally becomes absorbed through rasa rather than dry argument.

Indirectly, the verse showcases chandas and kāvya-alankāra (meter and poetic ornament), a style of disciplined expression aligned with Vedāṅga sensibilities—using precise compounds and imagery to support memorization and contemplative recitation.

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