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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29

Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana

Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras

वेदलक्षं जपेन्मंत्रं किंशुकैस्तद्दशांशतः । हुत्वा तु पूजयेन्मन्त्री विंशत्यर्णविधानतः ॥ २९ ॥

vedalakṣaṃ japenmaṃtraṃ kiṃśukaistaddaśāṃśataḥ | hutvā tu pūjayenmantrī viṃśatyarṇavidhānataḥ || 29 ||

مَنتر کا ایک لاکھ جپ کرے؛ پھر اس کے دسویں حصّے کے مطابق کِمشُک (پلاش) کے پھولوں سے ہَون کر کے، سادھک بیس اَکْشَری (وِمشَتیَرن) مَنتر-وِدھان کے مطابق پوجا کرے۔

वेदलक्षम्a lakh (100,000) times / to the measure of a lakh
वेदलक्षम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद-लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (लक्षसंख्यकं वेद/वेदसम्बद्धं—अत्र ‘लक्षं’ = 100,000)
जपेत्should recite
जपेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
मन्त्रम्the mantra
मन्त्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
किंशुकैःwith kiṃśuka (palāśa) flowers/wood
किंशुकैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिंशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; करण/साधन
तत्of that
तत्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘that’ referring to the japa-count
दशांशतःas one-tenth (thereof)
दशांशतः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदश-अंश (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘by a tenth part / as one-tenth’
हुत्वाhaving offered oblations
हुत्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त (gerund), ‘having offered (into fire)’
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Discourse (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle)
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
मन्त्रीthe mantra-practitioner
मन्त्री:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृपद
विंशत्यर्णविधानतःaccording to the twenty-syllable procedure
विंशत्यर्णविधानतः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविंशति-अर्ण-विधान (प्रातिपदिक; अर्ण = syllable) + तस् (तसिल्)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (विंशत्यर्णस्य विधानम्) + तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय: ‘according to the procedure of the twenty-syllabled (mantra)’

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara
A
Agni
K
Kiṃśuka (Palāśa)

FAQs

It sets a disciplined sādhana structure: extensive japa to internalize the mantra, followed by a proportionate homa (one-tenth) to ritually seal and sanctify the practice, culminating in deity-worship according to a fixed vidhāna.

Bhakti here is expressed through regulated worship—repetition of the Lord’s mantra, offerings into sacred fire, and formal pūjā—showing devotion as steady, count-based, and scripture-aligned service rather than mere emotion.

It highlights ritual science (kalpa/vidhāna): prescribed counts (lakṣa-japa and daśāṃśa-homa), correct materials (kiṃśuka), and mantra-structure awareness (viṃśaty-arṇa—twenty syllables).