Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 141
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
अचञ्चलं मनः कुर्याद्ध्येये वस्तुनि सत्तम । ध्यानं ध्येयं ध्यातृभावं यथा नश्यति निर्भरम् ॥ ४१ ॥
acañcalaṃ manaḥ kuryāddhyeye vastuni sattama | dhyānaṃ dhyeyaṃ dhyātṛbhāvaṃ yathā naśyati nirbharam || 41 ||
Ó o mais excelente entre os virtuosos, torna a mente inabalável no objeto digno de meditação, para que—por completo—se dissolva a tríade: a meditação, o objeto da meditação e o sentimento de “eu sou o meditador”.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a jnana-oriented meditation context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
FAQs
It teaches that true meditation culminates in the fading of all three—practice (dhyāna), object (dhyeya), and egoic doership/identity (dhyātṛ-bhāva)—indicating absorption that leads toward moksha.
While framed as dhyāna, its practical bhakti application is single-pointed fixation on the chosen divine reality (iṣṭa-devatā), where sustained focus matures into self-forgetful absorption rather than mere conceptual worship.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught here; the takeaway is yogic discipline—stabilizing the mind on a worthy object until mental modifications and the sense of “I meditate” subside.