Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
Dhvajāropaṇa and Dhvajāgopaṇa: Procedure, Stotra, and Phala (Merit) of Raising Viṣṇu’s Flag
हृदयस्थोऽपि दूरस्थो मायया मोहितात्मनाम् । ज्ञानिनां सर्वगो यस्तु स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु ॥ ३४ ॥
hṛdayastho'pi dūrastho māyayā mohitātmanām | jñānināṃ sarvago yastu sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu || 34 ||
ഹൃദയത്തിൽ വസിച്ചിട്ടും മായയിൽ മോഹിതരായവർക്കു അവൻ ദൂരസ്ഥനായി തോന്നുന്നു; ജ്ഞാനികൾക്കോ അവൻ സർവ്വവ്യാപി—ആ ശ്രീവിഷ്ണു എനിക്കു പ്രസാദിക്കട്ടെ।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that the Lord (Viṣṇu) is simultaneously immanent (in the heart) and transcendent; distance from Him is a perception created by Māyā, while wisdom reveals His all-pervasive presence and invites His grace.
Bhakti here is expressed as a prayer for Viṣṇu’s prasāda (grace), grounded in right vision: when one turns from Māyā’s delusion and remembers Him as present within and everywhere, devotion becomes steady and intimate rather than distant.
No specific Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is discernment (viveka) between Māyā-born appearance and the jñānin’s understanding of the all-pervading Brahman/Viṣṇu.