Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 141
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
अचञ्चलं मनः कुर्याद्ध्येये वस्तुनि सत्तम । ध्यानं ध्येयं ध्यातृभावं यथा नश्यति निर्भरम् ॥ ४१ ॥
acañcalaṃ manaḥ kuryāddhyeye vastuni sattama | dhyānaṃ dhyeyaṃ dhyātṛbhāvaṃ yathā naśyati nirbharam || 41 ||
हे सत्तम! ध्येय वस्तूमध्ये मन अचंचल करावे, ज्यामुळे ध्यान, ध्येय आणि ध्यातृभाव—ही त्रयी पूर्णपणे लय पावते.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a jnana-oriented meditation context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
FAQs
It teaches that true meditation culminates in the fading of all three—practice (dhyāna), object (dhyeya), and egoic doership/identity (dhyātṛ-bhāva)—indicating absorption that leads toward moksha.
While framed as dhyāna, its practical bhakti application is single-pointed fixation on the chosen divine reality (iṣṭa-devatā), where sustained focus matures into self-forgetful absorption rather than mere conceptual worship.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught here; the takeaway is yogic discipline—stabilizing the mind on a worthy object until mental modifications and the sense of “I meditate” subside.