Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । धन्योऽस्मिकृतकृत्योऽस्मि जातोऽहं त्वत्प्रसादतः । पज्जगन्मातृमंत्राणां वैभवं श्रुतवान्मुने ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | dhanyo'smikṛtakṛtyo'smi jāto'haṃ tvatprasādataḥ | pajjaganmātṛmaṃtrāṇāṃ vaibhavaṃ śrutavānmune || 3 ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“我真有福；蒙你恩德，我此生已得圆满。噢牟尼啊，我已聆听遍满诸界之圣母们的真言，其威德与大力。”

Word by Word

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• धन्यः: blessed, fortunate
• धन्यः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; predicate adjective)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• कृत-कृत्यः: one who has accomplished what should be done
• कृत-कृत्यः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (क्त; √कृ धातु) + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; ‘one whose duty is done’)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• जातः: born
• जातः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (masculine nominative singular; ‘born/come to be’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (pronoun nominative singular)

• त्वत्-प्रसादतः: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादतः: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान-अर्थे (ablative singular; ‘from/through your grace’)

• पद्-जगत्-मातृ-मन्त्राणाम्: of the mantras of the Mother of the world (Pad-... as epithet)
• पद्-जगत्-मातृ-मन्त्राणाम्: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (प्रातिपदिक) + जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (genitive plural); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (multi-member tatpuruṣa)

• वैभवम्: greatness, glory, power
• वैभवम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• श्रुतवान्: have heard
• श्रुतवान्: क्रिया (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुतवत् (क्तवतुँ)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त (perfect participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (masculine nominative singular; ‘having heard’)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (vocative singular)

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)

Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Muni
• Matrikas (World-Mothers)

FAQs

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

It highlights that true spiritual fruition comes through guru-grace (prasāda) and attentive hearing (śravaṇa) of sacred mantra teachings—here, the revered potency of the World-Mothers’ mantras.

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

Narada’s gratitude and sense of being “newly born” show the bhakti attitude: humility, reverence toward the teacher, and receiving sacred knowledge as a blessing rather than a personal achievement.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse points to mantra-śāstra practice within the technical tradition: learning the ‘vaibhava’ (efficacy) of specific mantras and the principle that proper transmission depends on the teacher’s favor and correct listening.