Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 61

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

हंसो व्याप्तमरुद्युक्तः शून्यं व्याप्तमतोंऽबु च । दाहो गोत्राचरयुता तथा दाहस्तथा रयः ॥ ६१ ॥

Transliteration

haṃso vyāptamarudyuktaḥ śūnyaṃ vyāptamatoṃ'bu ca | dāho gotrācarayutā tathā dāhastathā rayaḥ || 61 ||

Translation

“หังสะ” (อาตมันสูงสุด) แผ่ซ่านด้วยลมที่เคลื่อนไหว; ความว่างก็แผ่ซ่าน และน้ำก็แผ่ซ่าน. มี “ทาหะ” พร้อมการเคลื่อนไหวแห่งวงศ์และจารีต; เช่นนั้นมีทาหะ และเช่นนั้นมี “รยะห์” คือกระแสแรงดลใจที่ไหลไป

Word by Word

• हंसः: haṃsa (swan/term)
• हंसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्याप्त-मरुत्-युक्तः: joined with the pervading wind
• व्याप्त-मरुत्-युक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मरुत् + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (joined with pervading wind)

• शून्यम्: void
• शून्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded; filled
• व्याप्तम्: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त; विशेषण

• अतः: therefore; from that
• अतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तर (therefore/from this)

• अम्बु: water
• अम्बु: Karta/Karma (कर्ता/कर्म context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

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

• गोत्र-अचर-युता: joined with gotra and beings/movables
• गोत्र-अचर-युता: Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोत्र + अचर + युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (joined with gotra and acaras)

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुल्यत्व/एवम् (thus; likewise)

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तुल्यत्व/एवम्

• रयः: raya (term/wealth)
• रयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि/रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (छान्दस)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/Vedanga-style enumeration)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Hamsa

FAQs

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

It compresses yogic cosmology into a technical list: the Self (Haṁsa) is contemplated as present through prāṇa (wind), space (śūnya), and water, while inner heat (dāha) and life-currents (rayaḥ) describe the dynamic forces that sustain embodied experience.

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

By pointing to Haṁsa as the indwelling reality pervading all states and elements, it supports bhakti as remembrance of the all-pervading Lord within the movements of prāṇa and mind—devotion becomes continuous awareness rather than only external ritual.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects a Vedanga-like technical register (nirukta/semantic listing and yogic-prāṇic terminology), useful for mantra/japa contemplation of Haṁsa and for understanding prāṇa-vāyu dynamics often applied in ritual purity, breath regulation, and meditative discipline.