Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69

Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana

Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras

Devanagari script

रविलक्षं जपेन्मंत्रं दुग्धैर्हुत्वा दशांशतः । यजेच्च पूर्ववद्गोष्ठस्थितं वा प्रतिमादिषु ॥ ६९ ॥

Transliteration

ravilakṣaṃ japenmaṃtraṃ dugdhairhutvā daśāṃśataḥ | yajecca pūrvavadgoṣṭhasthitaṃ vā pratimādiṣu || 69 ||

Translation

مَنتر کا ایک لاکھ جپ کرے؛ پھر اس کے دسویں حصے کے برابر دودھ سے ہون کرے۔ اس کے بعد پہلے بیان کردہ طریقے کے مطابق پوجا کرے—چاہے گوشتھ (گوشالہ) میں قائم دیوتا کی یا پرتیما وغیرہ کے پرتیષ્ઠت روپوں کی۔

Word by Word

• रवि-लक्षम्: one lakh (times)
• रवि-लक्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रवेः लक्षम्) = सूर्यसंख्या-लक्षम् (one lakh)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदी; प्रथमपुरुष? (आदेशरूपेण सामान्यतः मध्यमपुरुषेऽपि प्रयुज्यते) एकवचन; ‘let (one) recite’

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• दुग्धैः: with milk
• दुग्धैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• हुत्वा: having offered
• हुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having offered (in fire)’

• दश-अंशतः: as a tenth (portion)
• दश-अंशतः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्यय ‘-तः’), अर्थे ‘by a tenth/ten-percent portion’

• यजेत्: should worship
• यजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदी; एकवचन; ‘should worship/perform sacrifice’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• गोष्ठ-स्थितम्: situated in the cowshed
• गोष्ठ-स्थितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (स्था धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः: गोष्ठे स्थितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies the worship-object

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक अव्यय (or)

• प्रतिमा-आदिषु: in images and the like
• प्रतिमा-आदिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, सप्तमी (अधिकरण); ‘आदि’समास/समाहार: प्रतिमादि = images etc.; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे सप्तमी बहुवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in dialogue with Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It links inner discipline (japa) with outward sacrificial purification (homa) and concludes with formal worship, showing a complete sādhana sequence where mantra-power is sealed through fire-offering and devotion.

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

After the technical practice of japa and homa, it directs the practitioner to worship the deity in a sanctified locus (goṣṭha) or through an image (pratimā), emphasizing devotion expressed through reverent, rule-based pūjā.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects ritual proportionality (daśāṃśa—one-tenth homa after japa) and procedural continuity (“pūrvavat”), a hallmark of applied karmakāṇḍa practice aligned with śrauta/smārta ritual logic.