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BHAGAVAD GUNA DARPANA
 
शुभ्रैरभैरभैरुप रिषिरचितैर्मुक्तपीयूपवर्षे
 
रानन्दी नः पुनीयादरिनळिन गदाशङ्खपाणिर्मुकुन्दः ॥ १७ ॥
 
Dhyana Slokas
 
(17) May Mukunda, with the discus, mace, conch and
lotus in His hands, purify us - Mukunda who is seated
on a seat of garlands of pearls, in the region of the
milky ocean with the sand shining by the light.
from pure gems; who is adorned by pearls transparent
like crystals; and who is enjoying ecstatic bliss on
account of pure white clouds overhead, raining
showers of nectar.
 
(The following describes contemplation on the universal
 
form).
 
भूः पादौ यस्य नाभिर्वियदसुरनिलश्चन्द्रसूर्यौ च नेत्रे
कर्णावाशाः शिरो द्यौर्मुखमपि दहनो यस्य वास्तेयमब्धिः
अन्तस्स्थं यस्य विश्वं सुरनरखगगोभो गिगन्धर्वदैत्यै
 
श्चित्रं रंरम्यते तं त्रिभुवनवपुषं विष्णुमीशं नमामि ॥ १८ ॥
 
(18) I bow to Lord Vishnu who has the three worlds as
His body. His feet are the earth, His navel is the
sky. His breath is the wind. His eyes are the sun
and the moon. The directions are His ears. His
head is paradise. Fire is His mouth. His kidneys are
the ocean. Inside Him is found the universe with its
variegated kinds of gods, men, birds, cattle, serpents,
Gandharvas and demons sporting as they please.
 
शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
 
विश्वाकारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्ण शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगियानगम्यं
 
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥ १९ ॥
 
(19) My salutation to Vishnu, the embodiment of peace
and resting on the serpent (Adisesha). From his
navel sprouts a lotus. He is the Lord of the celestial
gods. His form is the universe. He is like the sky and
of the colour of the clouds and of auspicious limbs.
He is the Lord of Sri. He has lotus-like eyes. He is
 
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