Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 142

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

Devanagari script

जुहुयादयुतं मंत्री त्रिमध्वाक्तैर्हुताशने । वशयेद्ब्राह्मणांश्चाथ राजवृक्षसमुद्भवैः ॥ १४२ ॥

Transliteration

juhuyādayutaṃ maṃtrī trimadhvāktairhutāśane | vaśayedbrāhmaṇāṃścātha rājavṛkṣasamudbhavaiḥ || 142 ||

Translation

مَنتر جاننے والا تریمدھو سے آلودہ مواد کے ساتھ ہُتاشن (مقدس آگ) میں دس ہزار آہوتیاں دے؛ پھر راجَوِرکش سے حاصل شدہ اشیا کے ذریعے برہمنوں کو اپنے اثر میں لائے۔

Word by Word

• juhuyāt: should offer (into fire)
• juhuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √hu (हु, धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-lin (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ayutam: ten thousand (oblations)
• ayutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); numeral noun ‘ten thousand’

• mantrī: the mantra-practitioner
• mantrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tri-madhvāktaiḥ: with (items) anointed with three kinds of honey
• tri-madhvāktaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri-madhvāktá (प्रातिपदिक; tri + madhu + āktá)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying implied ‘dravyaiḥ/samidbhiḥ’; compound: ‘smeared/anointed (आक्त) with three honeys’

• hutāśane: in the fire (Agni)
• hutāśane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘huta’+‘āśana’ = ‘fire that eats offerings’ (Agni)

• vaśayet: should bring under control
• vaśayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vaś (वश्, धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिजन्त), Optative/vidhi-lin (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• brāhmaṇān: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय): ‘and’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/adverb (अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय): ‘then/thereupon’

• rāja-vṛkṣa-samudbhavaiḥ: with things produced from the rāja-vṛkṣa
• rāja-vṛkṣa-samudbhavaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāja-vṛkṣa-samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक; rāja-vṛkṣa + samudbhava)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (प्रयोगे), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘arisen/produced from rāja-vṛkṣa’ (a specific tree)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual instruction sequence, traditionally framed within dialogue with Sanatkumara lineage in this section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Agni

FAQs

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

It emphasizes the power of disciplined mantra-prayoga: precise count (ten thousand oblations), proper substances, and correct fire-ritual procedure are presented as means to produce tangible results—showing how karma-kāṇḍa techniques are treated as a technical science in this section.

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

Bhakti is not the direct focus here; the verse belongs to a technical ritual stream (homa/mantra application). Indirectly, it shows that ritual acts are expected to be performed with mantra-faith and sacred order, which later Purāṇic teaching often subordinates to higher devotion and purity of intent.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual-prayoga precision: counted āhutis (ayuta), correct dravya selection (sweetened offerings), and the operational use of mantra in fire-ritual—skills associated with applied Vedic practice (kalpa-oriented procedure) within the Narada Purana’s technical Third Pada.