Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
धरायुक्सचरा पश्चात्स्थिरा पश्चाद्रसः स्मृतः । स्थिराशून्येऽग्निसंयुक्ते रसः स्यात्तदनंतरम् ॥ ५३ ॥
dharāyuksacarā paścātsthirā paścādrasaḥ smṛtaḥ | sthirāśūnye'gnisaṃyukte rasaḥ syāttadanaṃtaram || 53 ||
Sau trạng thái ‘động hợp với đất’, người ta dạy về ‘tĩnh’; rồi sau tĩnh, ‘rasa’ được ghi nhớ. Khi chất tĩnh trở nên rỗng khỏi tính cũ và được kết hợp với lửa, thì ngay sau đó nó thành ‘rasa’.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Vedanga/technical sciences section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames transformation as a lawful sequence: when a stable condition is purified/emptied and then heated by agni, a subtler ‘essence’ (rasa) manifests—mirroring how disciplined tapas and purification reveal inner essence.
Indirectly: it uses the language of process—purification and the ‘fire’ of practice—suggesting that steadfastness (sthira) refined by spiritual heat yields the essence (rasa), akin to devotion ripening into concentrated love.
A technical, quasi-alchemical/ritual-science classification: sequential states (sacarā → sthirā → rasa) and the role of agni (heat) as a transformative principle, reflecting applied knowledge used in ritual and material procedures.