Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

रसः स्थिरांबु च वियत्स्वयुतं प्राण एव च । दाहोऽग्रियुग्रसस्तस्मास्थिराक्ष्मा दाहसंयुता । सचरः स्याज्जवीपूर्वविद्या तर्तीयतः क्रमात् ॥ ५८ ॥

Transliteration

rasaḥ sthirāṃbu ca viyatsvayutaṃ prāṇa eva ca | dāho'griyugrasastasmāsthirākṣmā dāhasaṃyutā | sacaraḥ syājjavīpūrvavidyā tartīyataḥ kramāt || 58 ||

Translation

รสะ น้ำอันมั่นคง และอากาศ เมื่อประกอบกับปราณ (ลมหายใจชีวิต) ย่อมถูกกล่าวไว้; แล้วจึงเกิด “ทาหะ”—อัคนิผู้กลืนกิน. จากนั้นบังเกิดรูปอันมั่นคงพร้อมความร้อน. ดังนี้ลำดับพร้อมความเคลื่อนไหวของสรรพชีวิต ดำเนินในภาคที่สามตามวิชาก่อนที่สอนไว้

Word by Word

• रसः: rasa
• रसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्थिर-अम्बु: stable water
• स्थिर-अम्बु: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिर + अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (stable water)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• वियत्-स्व-युतम्: joined with space and self
• वियत्-स्व-युतम्: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वियत् + स्व + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (joined with viyat and sva)

• प्राणः: breath; prāṇa
• प्राणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• दाहः: burning; dāha
• दाहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अग्रि-युग्रसः: Agriyugrasa (name/term)
• अग्रि-युग्रसः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्रि + युग्रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (agri-yugrasa, a technical name)

• तस्मात्: from that; therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्थिर-अक्ष्मा: sthirākṣmā (stable earth)
• स्थिर-अक्ष्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थिर + अक्ष्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (stable earth/akṣmā)

• दाह-संयुता: endowed with dāha
• दाह-संयुता: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दाह + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (endowed with burning)

• सचरः: moving; with motion
• सचरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्यात्: would be; should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• जवी: Javī (name/term)
• जवी: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूर्व-विद्या: prior vidyā; earlier knowledge
• पूर्व-विद्या: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (prior knowledge/earlier vidyā)

• तृतीयतः: thirdly; from the third
• तृतीयतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = 'from/at the third'

• क्रमात्: in sequence; stepwise
• क्रमात्: Hetu/Adhikarana (हेतु/अधिकरण as adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—'in order/ क्रमशः'

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/technical context; traditional dialogue frame with Sanatkumara lineage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It frames a subtle-to-gross progression—essence (rasa), waters, space, prāṇa, and fire/heat—showing how life and form arise through ordered principles, a key contemplative model used in Vedic technical disciplines.

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

Indirectly: by presenting creation as an ordered, intelligible unfolding sustained by prāṇa and agni, it supports the bhakta’s vision of a governed cosmos—encouraging reverence for the divine order that bhakti ultimately personalizes as devotion to Vishnu.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

A technical sequencing of principles (elements/prāṇa/heat) used as background theory in Vedanga-style reasoning—especially helpful for Jyotiṣa and ritual thought where elemental qualities and prāṇa are correlated with timing, bodily discipline, and sacrificial fire (agni).