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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 111

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

ध्यात्वैवमयुतं जप्त्वा दशांशं जुहुयात्तिलैः । वैष्णवे पूजयेत्पीठे प्रागुद्दिष्टेन वर्त्मना ॥ १११ ॥

dhyātvaivamayutaṃ japtvā daśāṃśaṃ juhuyāttilaiḥ | vaiṣṇave pūjayetpīṭhe prāguddiṣṭena vartmanā || 111 ||

یوں دھیان کرکے منتر کا دس ہزار جپ کرے؛ پھر اس کا دسواں حصہ تلوں کے ساتھ آگ میں ہون کرے۔ اس کے بعد ویشنو پیٹھ پر پہلے بتائے ہوئے طریقے کے مطابق پوجا کرے۔

ध्यात्वाhaving meditated
ध्यात्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootध्या (धातु) → ध्यात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव), ‘having meditated’
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)
अयुतम्ten thousand (times)
अयुतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); numeral noun = ten-thousand
जप्त्वाhaving recited
जप्त्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु) → जप्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable (अव्ययभाव), ‘having recited’
दश-अंशम्a tenth part
दश-अंशम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: ‘दशमः अंशः’ = one-tenth
जुहुयात्should offer (into fire)
जुहुयात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
FormOptative/Potential (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
तिलैःwith sesame seeds
तिलैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
वैष्णवेin the Vaiṣṇava (sacred)
वैष्णवे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); used adjectivally with ‘पीठे’
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
FormOptative/Potential (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
पीठेon the altar/seat
पीठे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
प्राक्previously
प्राक्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्राक् (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय): ‘previously/before’
उद्दिष्टेनby the prescribed/indicated
उद्दिष्टेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्-दिश् (धातु) → उद्दिष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with ‘वर्त्मना’ (instrumental) as qualifier
वर्त्मनाby the path/method
वर्त्मना:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

V
Vishnu

FAQs

It presents a complete sādhana-sequence—dhyāna (meditation), japa (10,000 recitations), homa (one-tenth offering), and pūjā—showing how inner devotion is sealed through Vedic ritual action dedicated to Viṣṇu.

Bhakti is expressed as disciplined worship: one begins with remembrance (dhyāna), continues with sustained name/mantra repetition (japa), and culminates in offering and formal worship (homa and pūjā) on a Vaiṣṇava pīṭha, all done according to the prescribed method.

It highlights ritual calculus and procedure—fixed japa counts (ayuta) and the daśāṁśa rule for homa—reflecting technical prayoga-knowledge used in mantra-sādhana and fire offerings.