Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 155
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
वातात्मजेनानीताभिरोषधीभिर्गतव्यथम् । ध्यात्वा लक्षं जपन्मंत्रमल्पमृत्युं जयेद्धुवम् ॥ १५५ ॥
vātātmajenānītābhiroṣadhībhirgatavyatham | dhyātvā lakṣaṃ japanmaṃtramalpamṛtyuṃ jayeddhuvam || 155 ||
Con las hierbas medicinales traídas por el hijo del dios del Viento (Hanumān), se disipa el dolor. Luego, meditando y recitando el mantra cien mil veces, se vence con certeza la “muerte menor” (peligro intempestivo).
Sanatkumara (instructional discourse to Narada, Vedanga/ritual-mantra context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It links two classical means of relief—proper medicinal support (oṣadhi) and disciplined mantra-sādhana—showing that inner concentration (dhyāna) and sustained japa can avert untimely, avoidable calamities described as “alpa-mṛtyu.”
Bhakti here is expressed as steady, reverent mantra practice: meditating on the deity/power behind the mantra and completing lakṣa-japa with faith and focus, treating protection as grace accessed through disciplined remembrance.
It highlights mantra-prayoga: dhyāna as the preparatory limb and lakṣa-japa as a measurable rite of completion, alongside the pragmatic use of oṣadhi (traditional healing knowledge) to remove immediate affliction before undertaking the spiritual regimen.