Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata
तोयं विधिर्वह्नियुक्तकर्णेंद्वाढ्यो हरिस्तथा । सदीर्घो दारको वायुर्वर्मांतोऽयं रसार्णकः ॥ ६४ ॥
toyaṃ vidhirvahniyuktakarṇeṃdvāḍhyo haristathā | sadīrgho dārako vāyurvarmāṃto'yaṃ rasārṇakaḥ || 64 ||
‘തോയ’ എന്നത് ‘വിധി’ (ബ്രഹ്മ/നിയമം) എന്നും പറയുന്നു. ‘വഹ്നി’ കർണ്ണ–ഇന്ദുവുമായി സംയുക്തമായി വിഭൂഷിതമാകുന്നു; ‘ഹരി’യും അതുപോലെ. ‘വായു’ ദീർഘം, ‘ദാരക’ ശിശു. ഇത് ‘വർമ’യിൽ അവസാനിച്ച് ‘രസാർണക’—രസത്തിന്റെ സമുദ്രം—എന്ന് വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedanga/technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It presents a Vedāṅga-style, coded mapping of divine names and elements (water, fire, wind, Hari, Vidhi), implying that spiritual insight can be gained through disciplined understanding of sacred terminology and its mantra-like constructions.
By explicitly naming Hari (Viṣṇu) within a technical enumeration, it indicates that even scholarly/linguistic disciplines ultimately point toward remembering and invoking the Lord through precise sacred names.
It reflects Nirukta/Shabda-śāstra method—interpreting meanings via word markers (like ‘ending in varma’) and combinations (yukta), a practical technique used in mantra interpretation and traditional exegesis.