Shloka 52
न्यासवर्णनम् (Nyāsa-varṇanam) — Description of Nyāsa in the Saṃnyāsa Procedure
निरुद्धप्राण आसीनो हंसमंत्रमनुस्मरन् । हृदिस्थं जीवचैतन्यं ब्रह्मनाड्या समान येत्
niruddhaprāṇa āsīno haṃsamaṃtramanusmaran | hṛdisthaṃ jīvacaitanyaṃ brahmanāḍyā samāna yet
Sitzend, den Lebensatem angehalten und das Haṃsa‑Mantra immer wieder vergegenwärtigend, soll man das im Herzen wohnende lebendige Bewusstsein in Übereinstimmung mit der Brahma‑nāḍī (dem zentralen feinstofflichen Kanal) führen.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Mantra: haṃsa (ajapā-japa; so’ham/haṃsa implicit)
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches an inward Shaiva yogic method: by restraining prāṇa and remembering the Haṃsa-mantra, the seeker gathers the scattered jīva-consciousness in the heart and guides it into the central channel, preparing for Shiva-realization and liberation.
While Linga worship is an outer support (saguna upāsanā), this verse gives the inner counterpart—mantra and prāṇa-sādhana—by which devotion becomes internalized, leading the mind from form-based reverence toward the subtle presence of Shiva within.
A seated meditation combining gentle prāṇāyāma (breath restraint within capacity) with continuous Haṃsa-mantra recollection, focusing awareness in the heart and steadying it toward the central nāḍī; it can be paired with Shaiva japa such as “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” as one’s main mantra.