Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
महावीर्याय वर्णांते धीमहीति पदं वदेत् । तन्नोऽर्जुनः प्रवर्णांते चोदयात्पदमीरयेत् ॥ ५९ ॥
mahāvīryāya varṇāṃte dhīmahīti padaṃ vadet | tanno'rjunaḥ pravarṇāṃte codayātpadamīrayet || 59 ||
‘ਮਹਾਵੀਰ੍ਯਾਯ’ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ‘ਧੀਮਹਿ’ ਪਦ ਬੋਲੇ। ਫਿਰ ‘ਤੰਨੋ’ਰਜੁਨਹ’ ਦੇ ਪੂਰਵ-ਵਰਨਾਂਤ ‘ਚੋਦਯਾਤ੍’ ਪਦ ਉਚਾਰੇ।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on mantra/recitation method within Vedanga context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It emphasizes that mantra-power depends on precise utterance and correct placement of key words; spiritual efficacy is protected by disciplined Vedic phonetics (śikṣā) and correct mantric segmentation (pada).
Even devotion expressed through mantra is meant to be careful and reverent; correct recitation becomes a form of bhakti where attention and discipline honor the deity invoked by the mantra.
Śikṣā and related mantra-vidhi: it teaches where to insert/utter specific mantra-words (like “dhīmahi” and “codayāt”) at phrase-endings (varṇānta) for proper chanting.
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