Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 132
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
यद्यत्पश्यति तत्सर्वं पश्येदात्मवदात्मनि । प्रत्याहृतानीन्द्रियाणि धारयेत्सा तु धारणा ॥ ३२ ॥
yadyatpaśyati tatsarvaṃ paśyedātmavadātmani | pratyāhṛtānīndriyāṇi dhārayetsā tu dhāraṇā || 32 ||
ಯಾವುದನ್ನು ಯಾವಾಗ ನೋಡುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅದನ್ನೆಲ್ಲ ಆತ್ಮಸ್ವರೂಪವೆಂದು ಆತ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಕಾಣಬೇಕು. ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯಾಹರಿಸಿ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ಧರಿಸುವುದೇ ಧಾರಣೆ.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Yoga and inner discipline)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It defines dhāraṇā as the yogic capacity to internalize experience—seeing all perceived objects as grounded in the Self—and to stabilize awareness after withdrawing the senses, which supports liberation-oriented insight.
While framed as Yoga, it complements bhakti by training one-pointed attention and inwardness; such steadiness can be directed to Viṣṇu-bhakti as continuous remembrance, where the devotee learns to see the Lord’s presence within all experience.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is yogic discipline—pratyāhāra (sense-withdrawal) and dhāraṇā (concentration)—as a method for mental mastery.