The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
उषस्युत्थाय शय्यायामुपविष्टो जपेच्छतम् । षण्मासाभ्यन्तरेमन्त्री कवित्वेन जयेत्कविम् ॥ ३८ ॥
uṣasyutthāya śayyāyāmupaviṣṭo japecchatam | ṣaṇmāsābhyantaremantrī kavitvena jayetkavim || 38 ||
Au lever de l’aurore, assis sur sa couche, qu’il le récite cent fois. En six mois, le pratiquant de mantra surpassera même un poète, par la puissance de l’inspiration poétique.
Narada (teaching within the Vedanga/technical instruction stream, traditionally framed in dialogue with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It teaches a disciplined japa-sadhana: dawn practice with a fixed count (100 repetitions) sustained over time (six months) yields refined speech-power (vāk-śakti), expressed as heightened poetic inspiration and mastery.
Though framed as a technical result (kavitva), the method is devotional in spirit: steady remembrance through japa, performed at the sāttvika time of dawn, concentrates the mind and makes speech an instrument of sacred praise and inner absorption.
It highlights procedural sadhana-rules (niyama) for mantra-japa—proper time (uṣas/dawn), posture/setting (seated), count (śatam), and duration (ṣaṇmāsa)—which aligns with Vedanga-style technical discipline supporting refined speech and learning.