Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

मूर्तिपंजरनामानं पूर्वोक्तं विन्यसेद्बुधः । सर्वांगे व्यापकं कृत्वा किरीटमनुना सुधीः ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

mūrtipaṃjaranāmānaṃ pūrvoktaṃ vinyasedbudhaḥ | sarvāṃge vyāpakaṃ kṛtvā kirīṭamanunā sudhīḥ || 25 ||

Translation

智者当依前所说，安置名为“Mūrti-pañjara”（圣形之甲胄）的一组名号之nyāsa。令其遍满全身诸支分后，明辨者复以“Kirīṭa”真言加以封印。

Word by Word

• मूर्ति-पंजर-नामानम्: (that) called “Mūrtipaṃjara”
• मूर्ति-पंजर-नामानम्: Karma (कर्म) (as object phrase)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + पंजर (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘named “mūrtipaṃjara”’ (qualifying an implied nyāsa/mantra)

• पूर्व-उक्तम्: previously stated
• पूर्व-उक्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उक्त (कृदन्त-क्त, √वच्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—‘previously stated’

• विन्यसेत्: should place
• विन्यसेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should place/arrange’

• बुधः: the wise person
• बुधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• सर्व-अङ्गे: on the whole body
• सर्व-अङ्गे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• व्यापकम्: all-pervading / pervading
• व्यापकम्: Karma (कर्म) (object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यापक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म-सम्बन्धे (object complement)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘having made’

• किरीट-मुनुना: with the Kirīṭa (crown) mantra
• किरीट-मुनुना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीट (प्रातिपदिक) + मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण—‘with the Kirīṭa-mantra’

• सुधीः: the intelligent one
• सुधीः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता (synonymous apposition to बुधः)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical-ritual teaching context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Mūrti-pañjara
• Kirīṭa-mantra

FAQs

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

It teaches how mantra is internalized through nyāsa so the practitioner’s entire body becomes a sanctified, protected field—an embodied “armor” of divine presence rather than a merely external rite.

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

By directing the devotee to make the mantra pervade all limbs, it frames devotion as total surrender and constant remembrance—placing the deity’s protection and sovereignty over one’s whole being.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual application (prayoga) of mantra through nyāsa—precise placement/assignment and the concept of vyāpakatā (pervasion) used in technical liturgy and mantra-śāstra style procedures.