Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
त्रिविधा हंसभेदेव श्रृणु तां च यथाक्रमम् । हंसाद्ययाऽद्या मध्या स्यादादिमध्यस्थहंसया ॥ २६ ॥
trividhā haṃsabhedeva śrṛṇu tāṃ ca yathākramam | haṃsādyayā'dyā madhyā syādādimadhyasthahaṃsayā || 26 ||
اب ‘ہنس’ چھند کی تین قسمیں ترتیب سے سنو: پہلی وہ جو ‘ہنس’ سے شروع ہو؛ درمیانی وہ جس میں ‘ہنس’ بیچ میں آئے؛ اور آخری وہ جس میں ‘ہنس’ ابتدا اور وسط—دونوں جگہ قائم ہو۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
It shows that sacred learning includes precise technical disciplines (Vedāṅgas) like Chandas; correct metrical knowledge supports accurate preservation and recitation of Vedic and devotional texts.
Indirectly: by emphasizing disciplined transmission of hymns and stotras, it supports bhakti practice through correct chanting and textual integrity rather than giving a direct devotional instruction.
Chandas (prosody): it classifies the Haṃsa metre into three types based on where the marker “haṃsa” occurs—at the beginning, in the middle, or at both beginning and middle.