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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73

Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā

इंद्रियाणां च सामर्थ्यं संकल्पेनात्मवृत्तिना । करोत्यंतःस्थितं भूयस्ततोऽन्तः करणं मनः ॥ ७३ ॥

iṃdriyāṇāṃ ca sāmarthyaṃ saṃkalpenātmavṛttinā | karotyaṃtaḥsthitaṃ bhūyastato'ntaḥ karaṇaṃ manaḥ || 73 ||

ด้วยสังกัลปะและการทำงานภายในของตน มนัสรวบรวมและเพิ่มพลังของอินทรีย์ไว้ภายในตน ดังนั้นมนัสจึงเรียกว่า อันตหฺกรณะ (เครื่องมือภายใน)

indriyāṇāmof the senses
indriyāṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootindriya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय अव्यय)
sāmarthyamcapacity/power
sāmarthyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsāmarthya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
saṃkalpenaby volition/resolve
saṃkalpena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
ātmavṛttināby its own operation
ātmavṛttinā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootātman + vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); समास: तत्पुरुष—ātmanaḥ vṛttiḥ (inner/own functioning)
karotimakes / causes
karoti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
antaḥsthitamsituated within
antaḥsthitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootantaḥ + sthita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कृदन्त: past passive participle (क्त) of √sthā with prefix; अव्ययीभाव: antaḥ (inside) + sthita (situated)
bhūyaḥagain / moreover
bhūyaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यवाचक अव्यय)
tataḥtherefore / from that
tataḥ:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAblatival adverb (तस्मात् अर्थे अव्यय)
antaḥkaraṇaminner instrument (antahkaraṇa)
antaḥkaraṇam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootantaḥ + karaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); अव्ययीभाव: antaḥ (inside) + karaṇa (instrument)
manaḥmind
manaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to antaḥkaraṇam

Sanatkumara (teaching to Narada in a Vedanga/inner-discipline context)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

FAQs

It identifies the mind as the decisive inner organ that consolidates and directs the senses through saṅkalpa; mastery of mind therefore becomes the key lever for spiritual discipline and liberation-oriented practice.

Bhakti becomes steady when saṅkalpa is turned inward toward the Divine; since the mind gathers the senses into itself, devotional resolve can withdraw scattered sense-energy and focus it into remembrance, hearing, and worship.

It emphasizes a technical, discipline-oriented understanding of manas and indriyas useful for practice: by training saṅkalpa (intent), one regulates sensory engagement—an applied inner-technology that supports mantra, vrata, and ritual focus.