*Meditation by Swami Swarupananada

[Anne Terri]

Srimad-Bhagavad Gita
by Swami Swarupananada
Advaita Ashrama
Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas
1909

p. iv p. v
MEDITATION

1. Om! O Bhagavad-Gita, with which Partha was enlightened by the Lord Narayana Himself and which was incorporated in the Mahabharata by the ancient sage Vyasa,”the Blessed Mother, the Destroyer of rebirth, showering down the nectar of Advaita, and consisting of

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eighteen chapters,”upon Thee, O Bhagavad-Gita! O Loving Mother! I meditate.

2. Salutation to thee, O Vyasa, of mighty intellect and with eyes large like the petals of full-blown lotuses, by whom was lighted the lamp of wisdom, full of the Mahabharata-oil.

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3. Salutation to Krishna, the holder of the Jnanamudra, granter of desires of those who take refuge in Him, the milker of the Gita-nectar, in whose hand is the cane for driving cows.

4. All the Upanishads are the cows, the Son of the cowherd is the milker, Partha is the calf, men of purified intellect are the drinkers and the supreme nectar Gita is the milk.

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5. I salute Krishna, the Guru of the Universe, God, the son of Vasudeva, the Destroyer of Karma and Chanura, the supreme bliss of Devaki.

6. The battle-river, with Bhishma and Drona as its banks, and Jayadratha as the water, with the king of Gandhara as the blue water-lily, and Shalya as the shark, with Kripa as the current and

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[paragraph continues] Karna as the breakers, with Ashvatthama and Vikarna as terrible Makaras and Duryodhana as the whirlpool in it,”was indeed crossed over by the Pandavas, with Keshava as the ferry-man.

7. May the taintless lotus of the Mahabarata, growing on the waters of the words of Parashara's son, having the

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[paragraph continues] Gita as its strong sweet fragrance, with many a narrative as its stamens, fully opened by the discourses on Hari and drunk joyously day after day by the Bhramara of the good and the pure in the world,”be productive of the supreme good to him who is eager to destroy the taint of Kali!

8. I salute that All-bliss Madhava whose compassion makes the mute eloquent and the cripple cross mountains.

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9. Salutation to that God Whom the creator Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise with divine hymns; Whom the singers of Sama sing, by the Vedas, with their full complement of parts, consecutive sections and Upanishads; Whom the Yogis see with their minds absorbed in Him through perfection in meditation, and Whose limit the hosts of Devas and Asuras know not.

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Srimad-Bhagavad Gita
by Swami Swarupananada
Advaita Ashrama
Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas
1909

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