Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 168

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

Devanagari script

हृदये चोदरे नाभौ लिंगे मूलसरोरुहे । कट्यां जान्वोर्जंघयोश्च गुल्फयोः पादयोस्तथा ॥ १६८ ॥

Transliteration

hṛdaye codare nābhau liṃge mūlasaroruhe | kaṭyāṃ jānvorjaṃghayośca gulphayoḥ pādayostathā || 168 ||

Translation

ที่ดวงหทัย ที่ท้อง ที่สะดือ ที่อวัยวะกำเนิด ที่ดอกบัวมูลาธาร; และเช่นเดียวกันที่เอว เข่า หน้าแข้ง ข้อเท้า และเท้า (พึงวางนยาสะ)

Word by Word

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

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

• उदरे: in the belly
• उदरे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाभौ: in the navel
• नाभौ: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular) — Vedic/alternate locative ending -au

• लिङ्गे: in the genital organ
• लिङ्गे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मूलसरोरुहे: in the root-lotus
• मूलसरोरुहे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + सरोरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः (मूलं सरोरुहम्)

• कट्याम्: at the waist
• कट्याम्: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जान्वोः: of the two knees
• जान्वोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• जङ्घयोः: of the two shanks
• जङ्घयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्घा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

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

• गुल्फयोः: of the two ankles
• गुल्फयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्फ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• पादयोः: of the two feet
• पादयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner) — 'thus/likewise'

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

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

It enumerates bodily loci used for internalized ritual practice, indicating that worship and mantra-power are to be established through disciplined placement (nyāsa) across key centers of the body.

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

By mapping sacred remembrance onto the body, it supports devotional practice as continuous, embodied worship—turning the practitioner’s own limbs into a field for reverent mantra-application.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects technical ritual procedure (prayoga) associated with mantra-application and nyāsa—an applied discipline aligned with Vedic auxiliary sciences used to execute rites correctly.