Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī
सनत्कुमार उवाच । शुणु नारद वक्ष्यामि दिव्यान्नरहरेर्मनून् । यान्समाराध्य ब्रह्माद्याश्चक्रुः सृष्ट्यादि कर्म वै ॥ १ ॥
sanatkumāra uvāca | śuṇu nārada vakṣyāmi divyānnaraharermanūn | yānsamārādhya brahmādyāścakruḥ sṛṣṭyādi karma vai || 1 ||
သနတ်ကူမာရ မိန့်တော်မူသည်—နာရဒာ၊ နားထောင်လော့။ နရဟရိ၏ ဒိဗ္ဗ မန္တရများကို ငါကြေညာမည်။ ထိုမန္တရတို့ကို ပူဇော်စိတ်ဖြင့် စမားရာဓနာပြုရာမှ ဘြဟ္မာနှင့် အစဉ်အလာ ပထမသတ္တဝါတို့သည် ဖန်ဆင်းခြင်းစသော ကိစ္စများကို အမှန်တကယ် ဆောင်ရွက်နိုင်ခဲ့သည်။
Sanatkumara
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It establishes Narahari’s mantras as divinely potent and tradition-authorized, declaring that even cosmic functions like creation are accomplished through their proper propitiation.
Bhakti here is framed as reverent mantra-upāsanā—listening, receiving, and worshipfully applying Narahari’s sacred formulas as a direct means to divine grace and accomplishment.
It points to mantra-vidhi (disciplined use of sacred formulas)—a practical, technical aspect of Vedic practice that depends on correct transmission, recitation, and worship-procedure.