Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 39

Hanūmaccarita

The Account of Hanumān

Devanagari script

अब्भूतं च ततो दग्ध्वा पृथिवीभूतमेव च । तदाश्रितान्गुणान्दग्ध्वा ततो देहं प्रदाहयेत् ॥ ३९ ॥

Transliteration

abbhūtaṃ ca tato dagdhvā pṛthivībhūtameva ca | tadāśritānguṇāndagdhvā tato dehaṃ pradāhayet || 39 ||

Translation

Rồi, sau khi “thiêu” (hòa tan) thủy đại và cũng vậy địa đại, và thiêu các tính chất nương nơi chúng, bấy giờ hãy thiêu (hòa tan) chính thân này.

Word by Word

• अप्-भूतम्: having become water / water-formed
• अप्-भूतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप् (जल) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: अपां भूतम् / अप्-रूपं भूतम् (water-natured), विशेषण (of implied तत्त्वम्/वायुम् etc.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: from that/then/thereafter)

• दग्ध्वा: having burned
• दग्ध्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दह् (धातु) → दग्ध्वा (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: दह्, क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकर्म)

• पृथिवीभूतम्: having become earth / earth-formed
• पृथिवीभूतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथिवी + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पृथिवीरूपं भूतम् (earth-formed), विशेषण (of implied तत्त्वम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• तत्: in that / on that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (in compound: तदाश्रितान् = तस्मिन् आश्रितान्)

• आश्रितान्: resting in / dependent on
• आश्रितान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; √श्रि (to resort/adhere) with उपसर्ग आ; विशेषण (of गुणान्)

• गुणान्: qualities
• गुणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दग्ध्वा: having burned
• दग्ध्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दह् (धातु) → दग्ध्वा (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययभाव)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: दह्, क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकर्म)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (thereafter)

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रदाहयेत्: one should burn thoroughly
• प्रदाहयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दह् (धातु) (णिच् causative: प्रदाहय-)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) of √दह् with उपसर्ग प्र: प्रदाहयति (to cause to burn/burn thoroughly)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical ritual-yogic procedure)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It teaches bhūta-śuddhi—an inner purification where the practitioner mentally dissolves the gross elements (water and earth) and their sensory qualities, culminating in dissolving body-identification to support detachment and liberation-oriented worship.

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

By reducing fixation on the body and its elemental qualities, the mind becomes fit for focused remembrance and worship; bhakti becomes steadier when gross identification (deha-abhimāna) is ‘burnt’ through disciplined inner purification.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects a technical ritual-yogic procedure used as a preparatory limb for mantra practice—an applied method of purification (bhūta-śuddhi) that supports correct ritual performance and concentrated recitation.