Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 161
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
प्रतिलोमादिभी रूपैर्द्विसप्ततिभिदा मता । यस्या भजनतः सिद्धो नरः स्यात्खेचरः सुखी ॥ १६१ ॥
pratilomādibhī rūpairdvisaptatibhidā matā | yasyā bhajanataḥ siddho naraḥ syātkhecaraḥ sukhī || 161 ||
‘प्रतिलोम’ इत्यादी रूपांमुळे हिला द्विसप्तति—बहात्तर भेद आहेत असे मानले जाते. हिचे भजन केल्याने साधक सिद्ध होऊन सुखी ‘खेचर’—आकाशगामी—होतो.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It highlights a technical doctrine: a specific vidyā/mantra-practice is said to have many formal variants, and disciplined bhajana (practice/recitation) is presented as a cause of siddhi—inner accomplishment expressed symbolically as khecara (sky-moving freedom) and happiness.
Even within a technical framework of forms and classifications, the verse makes attainment depend on bhajanataḥ—steadfast devotional practice—implying that method must be energized by committed engagement, not mere theory.
It reflects a technical, rule-based approach to mantra application—classification by ‘forms’ (rūpa) such as pratiloma—aligned with the Narada Purana’s Third Pada focus on specialized sciences and structured recitation methods.