Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58
Bhakti-Śraddhā-Ācāra-Māhātmya and the Commencement of the Mārkaṇḍeya Narrative
नमस्ते ध्यानगम्याय नमस्ते ध्यानहेतवे । नमस्ते ध्यानरुपाय नमस्ते ध्यानपाक्षिणे ॥ ५८ ॥
namaste dhyānagamyāya namaste dhyānahetave | namaste dhyānarupāya namaste dhyānapākṣiṇe || 58 ||
آپ کو سلام ہے، جو دھیان سے حاصل ہوتے ہیں؛ آپ کو سلام ہے، جو دھیان کے سبب ہیں۔ آپ کو سلام ہے، جن کا روپ ہی دھیان ہے؛ آپ کو سلام ہے، جو دھیان کے لیے پر کی مانند سہارا ہیں۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents the deity as both the goal and the inner mechanism of dhyāna—attainable by meditation, originating meditation, and sustaining it—pointing to non-dual devotion where practice and object converge.
By offering repeated namaskāra to the Lord as the essence of meditation, it frames bhakti as focused remembrance (smaraṇa/dhyāna) where the devotee relies on divine grace as the very support of concentration.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is upāsanā-vidhi in spirit—steady dhyāna as an internal discipline supporting mantra-japa and worship.