Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 152

Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana

Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras

Devanagari script

तद्बिहिर्लोकपालांश्च वज्राद्यैर्विलसत्करान् । एवं सिद्धमनुर्मंत्री नाशयेद्गरलद्वयम् । देहांते लभते चापिश्रीविष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥ १५२ ॥

Transliteration

tadbihirlokapālāṃśca vajrādyairvilasatkarān | evaṃ siddhamanurmaṃtrī nāśayedgaraladvayam | dehāṃte labhate cāpiśrīviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam || 152 ||

Translation

凭借这些真言与仪轨，持咒者亦当奉请供养诸护世者（Lokapāla），其手以金刚杵等兵器灿然生辉。如此，当圣咒（manu）圆满成就时，行者能摧灭二重毒害；并于身终之际，亦得证至圣的室利毗湿奴（Śrī Viṣṇu）最高住处。

Word by Word

• tad-bhiḥ: by them/with those
• tad-bhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• loka-pālān: world-guardians (Lokapālas)
• loka-pālān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• vajra-ādyaiḥ: with thunderbolt etc.
• vajra-ādyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) used collectively, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘with vajra etc. (weapons)’

• vilasat-karān: having shining hands
• vilasat-karān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vilasat (कृदन्त, present participle from √las) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying lokapālān

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (रीतिबोधक अव्यय)

• siddha-manum: the perfected mantra
• siddha-manum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘the accomplished mantra’

• mantrī: the mantra-practitioner
• mantrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• nāśayet: should destroy/remove
• nāśayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (धातु) (causative/णिच्: nāśayati)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Causative (णिच्)

• garala-dvayam: the twofold poison
• garala-dvayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garala (प्रातिपदिक) + dvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) > dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘a pair of poisons’

• deha-ante: at the end of the body (at death)
• deha-ante: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• labhate: attains
• labhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), additive/emphatic

• śrī-viṣṇoḥ: of glorious Viṣṇu
• śrī-viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying padam

• padam: abode/state
• padam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narada (teaching within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue framework)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Lokapalas (Dikpalas)

FAQs

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

It links technical mantra-siddhi (practical protection, such as neutralizing poison) with the highest spiritual goal: attaining Śrī Viṣṇu’s supreme abode at death, showing that perfected sacred practice culminates in mokṣa.

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

Even while describing protective ritual power, the verse places the final fruit in Viṣṇu—implying that the highest completion of mantra practice is oriented toward Viṣṇu as the ultimate refuge and goal, aligning technical practice with Viṣṇu-bhakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied mantra-vidyā—discipline in mantra recitation and ritual efficacy (a technical science emphasized in Book 1.3), including invoking Dikpālas and using siddha-mantra for protective outcomes like antidoting poison.