Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 185

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

रसो नभस्तथा दाहो व्याप्तक्ष्मावनपूर्विका । खेन युक्ता भवेन्नित्या विजयैकाक्षरा मुने ॥ १८५ ॥

Transliteration

raso nabhastathā dāho vyāptakṣmāvanapūrvikā | khena yuktā bhavennityā vijayaikākṣarā mune || 185 ||

Translation

‘رَس’، ‘نَبَھس’ اور ‘دَاہ’ نیز ‘ویَاپت’، ‘کشما’، ‘ون’ سے شروع ہونے والا سلسلہ—جب یہ سب ‘کھ’ کے ساتھ جڑ جائیں تو، اے مُنی، نِتیہ ایکاکشری ‘وِجَیا’ بن جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• रसः: ‘ra’ (rasa) / taste; here syllable-name ‘rasa’
• रसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नभः: sky; here syllable-name ‘nabhas’
• नभः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• दाहः: burning; here syllable-name ‘dāha’
• दाहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्याप्तक्ष्मावनपूर्विका: preceded by ‘vyāpta-kṣmā-vana’
• व्याप्तक्ष्मावनपूर्विका: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप्त + क्ष्मा + वन + पूर्विका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘व्याप्त-क्ष्मा-वन-पूर्विका’ = preceded by (the syllables/terms) ‘vyāpta, kṣmā, vana’

• खेन: with ‘kha’
• खेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• युक्ता: joined
• युक्ता: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘joined/combined’

• भवेत्: should be/becomes
• भवेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नित्या: Nityā (the mantra/vidyā)
• नित्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (name/epithet of the vidyā/mantra)

• विजयैकाक्षरा: Vijayā, the single-syllable (mantra)
• विजयैकाक्षरा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजया + एक + अक्षरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: ‘विजया-एक-अक्षरा’ = the one-syllabled (mantra) ‘Vijayā’

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It presents a technical rule of sacred sound-combination—showing that victory (vijayā) is approached through precise mantra-phonetics, a hallmark of Vedanga-based practice.

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

Indirectly: it supports devotional worship by giving phonetic/mantric precision, ensuring that japa and ritual recitation used in Vishnu-oriented practice are performed correctly and efficaciously.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Shiksha (Vedic phonetics) and allied mantra-grammar: the verse encodes how specific terms/syllables, when joined with a phoneme (‘kha’), yield an ekakshara-form used in ritual recitation.