The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga
सृष्टिं स्थितिं षडंगं च किरीटं कुंडलद्वयम् । शंखं चक्रं गदां पद्मं मालां श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभौ ॥ १९९ ॥
sṛṣṭiṃ sthitiṃ ṣaḍaṃgaṃ ca kirīṭaṃ kuṃḍaladvayam | śaṃkhaṃ cakraṃ gadāṃ padmaṃ mālāṃ śrīvatsakaustubhau || 199 ||
Ngài mang quyền năng của sự sáng tạo và sự bảo hộ, cùng sáu Vedāṅga; đội vương miện và đeo đôi khuyên tai; lại cầm ốc tù và, đĩa thần, chùy, hoa sen, mang vòng hoa, và hiển lộ dấu Śrīvatsa cùng bảo châu Kaustubha.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
The verse presents Viṣṇu as the totality of cosmic functions (creation and preservation) and as the very foundation of Vedic knowledge (the six Vedāṅgas), teaching that devotion is strengthened when the Lord is seen as both the universe’s support and the Veda’s inner meaning.
By listing Viṣṇu’s emblems—śaṅkha, cakra, gadā, padma, garland, Śrīvatsa, and Kaustubha—it encourages focused remembrance (smaraṇa) and reverential visualization (dhyāna) of the Lord’s form, a classic bhakti method emphasized in Purāṇic teaching.
It explicitly references the Ṣaḍvedāṅga—Śikṣā (phonetics), Kalpa (ritual procedure), Vyākaraṇa (grammar), Nirukta (etymology), Chandas (meter), and Jyotiṣa (astronomy/astrology)—framing them as sacred supports for correct recitation, interpretation, and application of Vedic rites.