Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
धरायुक्सचरा पश्चात्स्थिरा पश्चाद्रसः स्मृतः । स्थिराशून्येऽग्निसंयुक्ते रसः स्यात्तदनंतरम् ॥ ५३ ॥
dharāyuksacarā paścātsthirā paścādrasaḥ smṛtaḥ | sthirāśūnye'gnisaṃyukte rasaḥ syāttadanaṃtaram || 53 ||
បន្ទាប់ពីស្ថានភាព «ចលរួមជាមួយដី» គេបង្រៀន «ថេរ»; ហើយបន្ទាប់ពីថេរ គេរំលឹក «រស»។ នៅពេលវត្ថុថេរ ក្លាយជាខ្វះលក្ខណៈដើម ហើយភ្ជាប់ជាមួយភ្លើង នោះភ្លាមៗបន្ទាប់ វាក្លាយជា «រស»។
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Vedanga/technical sciences section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames transformation as a lawful sequence: when a stable condition is purified/emptied and then heated by agni, a subtler ‘essence’ (rasa) manifests—mirroring how disciplined tapas and purification reveal inner essence.
Indirectly: it uses the language of process—purification and the ‘fire’ of practice—suggesting that steadfastness (sthira) refined by spiritual heat yields the essence (rasa), akin to devotion ripening into concentrated love.
A technical, quasi-alchemical/ritual-science classification: sequential states (sacarā → sthirā → rasa) and the role of agni (heat) as a transformative principle, reflecting applied knowledge used in ritual and material procedures.