Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42
Hanūmaccarita
The Account of Hanumān
सुशीतला ततो ज्वाला प्रशांता चंद्ररश्मिवत् । प्रसारितसुधारुग्भिः सांद्रीभूतश्च संप्लवः । अनेन प्लावितं भूतग्रामं संचिंतयेत्परम् ॥ ४२ ॥
suśītalā tato jvālā praśāṃtā caṃdraraśmivat | prasāritasudhārugbhiḥ sāṃdrībhūtaśca saṃplavaḥ | anena plāvitaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ saṃciṃtayetparam || 42 ||
അപ്പോൾ ആ ജ്വാല അത്യന്തം ശീതളമായി, ചന്ദ്രരശ്മിപോലെ ശാന്തമാകുന്നു. പരന്നൊഴുകുന്ന സുദ്ധാധാരകളാൽ സംപ്ലവം ഘനീഭവിക്കുന്നു; അതാൽ മൂടപ്പെട്ട സർവ്വഭൂതസമൂഹത്തിൽ പരമനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/meditative instruction context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents a dhyāna-image where the fierce inner “flame” becomes moon-cool and nectar-like, symbolizing purification and transcendence; the meditator is instructed to contemplate the Supreme as the all-pervading reality even as all beings are imaginatively “flooded” in a dissolving, cleansing saṃplava.
Even when expressed as yogic contemplation, the core move is surrendering attention from the changing aggregate of beings (bhūta-grāma) to the Param (Supreme). This inward turning—seeing all as pervaded and resolved in the Supreme—supports ekāgratā (one-pointedness) that mature bhakti requires.
The verse functions as a technical meditation instruction (a structured visualization used in disciplined practice). While not teaching grammar or astrology directly, it reflects the Third Pada’s applied-knowledge tone: precise contemplative method—sequencing inner phenomena (heat → cooling → nectar-flow → dissolution) to stabilize the mind for higher realization.