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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 162

The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

विंशार्णस्य मुनिर्ब्रह्मा गायत्री छन्द ईरितम् । कृष्णश्च देवता कामो बीजं शक्तिर्द्विठो बुधैः ॥ १६२ ॥

Transliteration

viṃśārṇasya munirbrahmā gāyatrī chanda īritam | kṛṣṇaśca devatā kāmo bījaṃ śaktirdviṭho budhaiḥ || 162 ||

Translation

Đối với thần chú hai mươi âm, hiền triết Brahmā được tuyên là ṛṣi (bậc kiến ngôn), và Gāyatrī là thể thơ (chandas). Kṛṣṇa là vị chủ tôn (devatā); Kāma được nói là hạt giống (bīja); và các bậc trí gọi năng lực (śakti) của nó là “Dviṭhā”.

Word by Word
विंश-अर्णस्यof the twenty-syllabled (mantra)
विंश-अर्णस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootविंश (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘विंशतिर् अर्णानि यस्य/विंशत्यर्णम्’)
मुनिःsage (seer)
मुनिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
ब्रह्माBrahmā
ब्रह्मा:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
गायत्रीGāyatrī
गायत्री:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
छन्दःmeter
छन्दः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
ईरितम्is declared
ईरितम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Predicative)
TypeAdjective
Rootईर् (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय) → ईरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘said/declared’
कृष्णःKrishna
कृष्णः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय/conjunction
देवताpresiding deity
देवता:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
कामःKāma (desire-god)
कामः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
बीजम्seed (bīja)
बीजम्:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबीज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
शक्तिःpower (śakti)
शक्तिः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
द्विठः(having) ‘dvi-ṭha’ (two ṭha-s / the syllable ṭha twice)
द्विठः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वि (प्रातिपदिक) + ठ (वर्ण/अक्षर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘द्वौ ठौ यस्य’/‘द्वि-ठ’)—mantric specification
बुधैःby the wise
बुधैः:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), बहुवचन
Speaker

Narada (in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition on mantra-vidya)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
B
Brahma
G
Gayatri (Chandas)
K
Krishna
K
Kama

FAQs

It encodes the standard mantra-lakṣaṇa framework—ṛṣi, chandas, devatā, bīja, and śakti—showing that a mantra is approached as a complete Vedic-technique with lineage (ṛṣi), sonic form (metre), divine focus (devatā), and inner potency (bīja–śakti).

By naming Kṛṣṇa as the devatā, the verse directs the practitioner’s worshipful attention toward Kṛṣṇa as the mantra’s divine center, aligning technical mantra-recitation with devotional contemplation of the Lord.

Chandas (metre) is explicitly taught—Gāyatrī—along with the applied mantra-science used in ritual and japa: identifying the mantra’s ṛṣi, devatā, bīja, and śakti for correct viniyoga (application).

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