Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47

Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam

Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān

Devanagari script

तत्र मालाख्यमनुना तत्तत्कार्येषु कारयेत् । गोमयेनोपलिप्तायां भूमौ तद्गतमानसः ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

tatra mālākhyamanunā tattatkāryeṣu kārayet | gomayenopaliptāyāṃ bhūmau tadgatamānasaḥ || 47 ||

Translation

وہاں ‘مالا’ نامی منتر کے ذریعے متعلقہ اعمال کرائے۔ گوبر سے لیپی ہوئی زمین پر بیٹھ کر دل و ذہن کو اسی (کِریا اور دیوتا) میں یکسو رکھے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मालाख्य: called ‘Mālā’
• मालाख्य: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माला + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मालाया आख्या यस्य = ‘named “Mālā”’); विशेषण (of अनुनā)

• अनुना: by the formula/mantra
• अनुना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अनु’ = मन्त्र/अनुवाक (a formula)

• तत्-तत्-कार्येषु: in each respective rite/action
• तत्-तत्-कार्येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + तद् + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुनरुक्त-विशेषणयुक्त कर्मधारय-प्रायः (तत् तत् = ‘each respective’ + कार्य)

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done; should perform (through)
• कारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (Causative), विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गोमयेन: with cow-dung
• गोमयेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपलिप्तायाम्: (on) plastered/smeared
• उपलिप्तायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-लिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘smeared/plastered’

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तद्गतमानसः: one whose mind is fixed on that
• तद्गतमानसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + गत + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तस्मिन् गतं मानसं यस्य)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra-ritual efficacy depends on both outer purity (a properly prepared, purified space) and inner purity (a mind firmly concentrated on the rite and its intended divine focus).

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

By insisting on tad-gata-mānasaḥ—keeping the mind fixed on the object of worship—it frames devotion as sustained, undistracted remembrance during ritual action, not merely external performance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects practical ritual discipline aligned with Vedanga concerns: correct mantra application and procedural purity (shauca), including preparing the ritual ground (bhūmi) by plastering with gomaya as a traditional purificatory method.