Adhyaya 81

The chapter opens with sages praising Sūta and asking him to recount Kṛṣṇa’s līlā day by day, and to explain the defining procedure and signs of the guru, the disciple, and the mantra. Sūta then presents an inner scene on the banks of the Yamunā, where Nārada approaches Sadāśiva as jagad-guru and receives the disclosure of a confidential Kṛṣṇa-mantra called the Mantra-cintāmaṇi, given in variant forms (five-word, ten-syllable, and sixteen-syllable descriptions) and declared effective even with a single recitation. The text affirms broad eligibility grounded in bhakti, yet forbids transmitting it to the faithless or non-devotee. It sets out the ritual supports—ṛṣi, chandas, devatā, viniyoga, bīja and śakti, nyāsa, and worship—and offers an extended dhyāna of Kṛṣṇa with Rādhā in Vṛndāvana. The mantra’s meaning is taught as yugalārtha and total surrender: all things exist for the Divine Pair alone.