The Exposition of the Maheśa Mantra
Mahēśa-mantra-prakāśana
मूर्ध्नि कंठे हृदंभोजे क्रमाद्वीजत्रयं न्यसेत् । बालार्कायुतवर्चस्कं जटाजूटेंदुशोभितम् ॥ १५५ ॥
mūrdhni kaṃṭhe hṛdaṃbhoje kramādvījatrayaṃ nyaset | bālārkāyutavarcaskaṃ jaṭājūṭeṃduśobhitam || 155 ||
Theo thứ tự, hãy an trí ba âm “nhị sinh” trên đỉnh đầu, nơi cổ họng và đóa sen của trái tim; quán tưởng chúng rực sáng như vô số mặt trời đang mọc, và được điểm trang bởi vầng trăng trên búi tóc kết (jaṭā).
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue framework)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
It teaches internalized worship through nyāsa—installing sacred mantric components in the body’s key centers (head, throat, heart) so the practitioner’s awareness becomes a living altar for meditation and realization.
By directing the devotee to visualize a brilliantly radiant, auspicious form while performing nyāsa, it turns recitation into heartfelt contemplative worship—bhakti expressed as embodied remembrance and reverent inner seeing.
It highlights ritual-technical method (mantra-vinyāsa/nyāsa and dhyāna-krama), a practical discipline used alongside Vedic recitation—placing mantric units in prescribed locations to stabilize pronunciation, focus, and ritual efficacy.