Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 30
The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga
पुनर्नयनयोरास्ये हृदि गुह्ये च पादयोः । विन्यसेद्धृदयांतानि मनोः पंचपदानि च ॥ ३० ॥
punarnayanayorāsye hṛdi guhye ca pādayoḥ | vinyaseddhṛdayāṃtāni manoḥ paṃcapadāni ca || 30 ||
ಮತ್ತೆ ಎರಡೂ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಮುಖದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ಗುಹ್ಯಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾದಗಳಲ್ಲಿ—‘ಹೃದಯ’ದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂತ್ಯಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಮಂತ್ರದ ಐದು ಪದಗಳ ನ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು.
Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual context typical of Vedanga-style instruction)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches nyāsa—installing the mantra into key bodily centers—so the practitioner’s body becomes a fit vessel for inner worship and focused contemplation.
By prescribing mantra-installation on the body, it turns devotion into embodied remembrance: the senses (eyes, mouth) and vital centers (heart, etc.) are aligned to continuous mantra-oriented bhakti.
A technical ritual procedure (prayoga) of mantra-upāsanā—nyāsa—showing the applied, methodical side of Vedic practice emphasized in Book 1.3’s Vedāṅga-oriented material.