The Recitation of the Thousand Names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa (Yugala-Sahasranāma) and Śaraṇāgati-Dharma
संप्रष्टुं परमं तत्वं शिवं कैलासवासिनम् । त्वया पृष्टो महादेवो रहस्यं स्वप्रकाशितम् ॥ ९ ॥
saṃpraṣṭuṃ paramaṃ tatvaṃ śivaṃ kailāsavāsinam | tvayā pṛṣṭo mahādevo rahasyaṃ svaprakāśitam || 9 ||
परम तत्त्व जाणण्याच्या इच्छेने तू कैलासवासी शिवाला प्रश्न विचारलास. तुझ्या प्रश्नावर महादेवांनी स्वप्रकाश ज्ञानाने ते रहस्य उघड केले।
Sanatkumara (one of the Sanatkumara brothers), addressing Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It highlights the ideal method of spiritual pursuit: sincere inquiry into the highest tattva, approached through a realized teacher—here Śiva—who reveals the inner secret not as mere theory but as self-luminous direct knowledge.
While framed as inquiry (jijñāsā), it implies bhakti through reverent approaching and questioning of the Lord; devotion matures into receiving “rahasya” (inner teaching) when the seeker humbly asks and the deity-grace reveals.
The verse underscores the Vedāṅga-aligned principle of proper transmission (upadeśa) through authoritative questioning and instruction—an essential discipline for preserving and correctly understanding sacred knowledge, even when the topic is esoteric.