The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
द्रामाद्यां द्राविणीं मूर्ध्निं द्रामाद्यां क्षोभणी पदे । क्लींवशीकरणीं वक्त्रे गुह्ये ब्लृं बीजपूर्विकाम् ॥ ५३ ॥
drāmādyāṃ drāviṇīṃ mūrdhniṃ drāmādyāṃ kṣobhaṇī pade | klīṃvaśīkaraṇīṃ vaktre guhye blṛṃ bījapūrvikām || 53 ||
وبالنياسا (nyāsa) تُوضَعُ على الرأسِ مقطوعةُ «درام» المسماةُ درافيني (Drāviṇī) واهبةُ الغنى؛ وعلى القدمين «درام» المسماةُ كشوبَني (Kṣobhaṇī) المُحرِّكة؛ وعلى الفم «كليṃ» التي تُحدِثُ فَشيكَرَنا (vaśīkaraṇa) أي الجذبَ والإخضاع؛ وعلى الموضعِ السِّرّي تُوضَعُ المقطوعةُ المسبوقةُ ببِيجا «بلṛṃ».
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical mantra-nyasa practice)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It teaches a precise nyāsa (ritual placement) of specific bīja-syllables on the body, presenting the body as a sacred support for mantra-shakti—prosperity (drāviṇī), activation (kṣobhaṇī), attraction (klīṃ), and a guarded inner potency (blṛṃ).
While primarily technical, it supports bhakti-oriented worship by prescribing a disciplined preparatory rite (nyāsa) that steadies speech, mind, and body for focused japa and pūjā, making devotion more concentrated and ritually correct.
It highlights applied mantra-vidyā within the technical disciplines—how specific seed syllables are assigned to bodily loci (a procedural ritual science), emphasizing correct phonetic form and placement as part of effective practice.