Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 77
The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras
यो भजेदुक्तमार्गेण स भवेत्संपदां पदम् । एवं सिद्धमनुर्मंत्री साधयेदिष्टमात्मनः ॥ ७७ ॥
yo bhajeduktamārgeṇa sa bhavetsaṃpadāṃ padam | evaṃ siddhamanurmaṃtrī sādhayediṣṭamātmanaḥ || 77 ||
သင်ကြားထားသော မာဂ္ဂဖြင့် ဘဂ္တိပူဇာပြုသူသည် စည်းစိမ်ချမ်းသာ၏ အခြေခံတိုင်တန်း ဖြစ်လာ၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် မန္တရကို စနစ်တကျ စိဒ္ဓိရပြီးနောက် မန္တရကိုလိုက်နာသော साधကသည် မိမိလိုအင်ဆန္ဒကို ရရှိစေ၏။
Narada (teaching within a technical/ritual instruction passage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It stresses that results arise from disciplined adherence to the prescribed method (vidhi); prosperity and attainments are portrayed as the natural outcome of correctly performed practice culminating in mantra-siddhi.
Bhakti here is not merely emotion but regulated practice—worship performed “by the taught path.” The verse links devotion with methodical observance, implying that steady, rule-guided worship matures into fulfillment of one’s worthy aims.
It highlights procedural competence (vidhi) central to Vedāṅga-informed ritual/mantra application—i.e., following the instructed method so that the mantra becomes ‘siddha’ (effectively established) and capable of producing intended outcomes.