Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 20

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

अष्टोत्तरशतेनांबु मंत्रितं विषनाशनम् । भूतापस्मारकृत्योत्थज्वरे तन्मंत्रमंत्रितैः ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

aṣṭottaraśatenāṃbu maṃtritaṃ viṣanāśanam | bhūtāpasmārakṛtyotthajvare tanmaṃtramaṃtritaiḥ || 20 ||

Translation

Nước được trì tụng thần chú một trăm lẻ tám lần sẽ trở thành thuốc giải độc; và đối với các cơn sốt do ma quỷ ám, động kinh hoặc tà thuật (kṛtyā) gây ra, chính thần chú đó—được dùng để gia trì—sẽ là phương thuốc chữa trị.

Word by Word

• अष्टोत्तर-शतेन: by one hundred and eight (times)
• अष्टोत्तर-शतेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्ट + उत्तर + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘by (the) hundred-and-eight’ (i.e., 108 times)

• अम्बु: water
• अम्बु: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as object with implied ‘(water) is/should be’

• मन्त्रितम्: mantra-consecrated
• मन्त्रितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रि (धातु/नामधातु from मन्त्र)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘consecrated/enchanted (by mantra)’

• विष-नाशनम्: poison-destroying
• विष-नाशनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘poison-destroying’ (qualifying ambu/mantritam)

• भूत-अपस्मार-कृत्या-उत्थ-ज्वरे: in fever arising from spirits, epilepsy, and witchcraft
• भूत-अपस्मार-कृत्या-उत्थ-ज्वरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत + अपस्मार + कृत्या + उत्थ + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘in fever arising from spirits, epilepsy, and witchcraft’

• तत्-मन्त्र-मन्त्रितैः: with (items) consecrated by that mantra
• तत्-मन्त्र-मन्त्रितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + मन्त्र + मन्त्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘with things consecrated by that mantra’

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual context to the Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

FAQs

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

It presents mantra as a śāstric means of protection and restoration—showing that disciplined japa and consecration (mantrita) can transform ordinary water into a remedial aid against harmful influences.

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

While primarily technical, it implies a bhakti-aligned discipline: repeated mantra-japa with faith and purity, where reliance on sacred sound and prescribed practice becomes a devotional act seeking divine protection.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights prayoga (applied ritual procedure): a fixed japa-saṅkhyā (108 recitations) and the use of mantra-consecrated water as a practical remedial measure for poison and specific fever-causes described in the tradition.