tasmiû labdha-padaṁ cittaṁ
tasmiû labdha-padaṁ cittaṁ
sarvāvayava-saṁsthitam
vilakṣyaikatra saṁyujyād
aṅge bhagavato muniḥ
The sage, having concentrated his mind on seeing the Lord with all his limbs, should concentrate on one limb of the Lord.
Having described the whole form for meditation, Kapila now describes meditation on individual limbs is described. Tasmin means “on the Lord’s form.”
|| 3.28.21 ||
sañcintayed bhagavataś caraṇāravindaṁ
vajrāṅkuśa-dhvaja-saroruha-lāñchanāḍhyam
uttuṅga-rakta-vilasan-nakha-cakravāla-
jyotsnābhir āhata-mahad-dhṛdayāndhakāram
One should meditate on the Lord’s lotus foot marked with a thunderbolt, elephant goad, flag, and lotus, which destroys the great darkness of the heart with the brilliance of the array of his gleaming, raised, red toenails.
Meditation on the limbs beginning from the feet is now described. One should meditate on the elephant goad below the little toe of the right foot. This foot is seen by the devotees, as Kṛṣṇa stands in the pose with three bends beneath a desire tree. Below the elephant goad is a thunder bolt. Below the next toe is a lotus and below the lotus is a flag. Below the big toe is a barley corn, a cakra and other items. The foot is adorned (āḍhyam) with such marks (lāñchana).
|| 3.28.22 ||
yac-chauca-niḥsṛta-sarit-pravarodakena
tīrthena mūrdhny adhikṛtena śivaḥ śivo 'bhūt
dhyātur manaḥ-śamala-śaila-nisṛṣṭa-vajraṁ
dhyāyec ciraṁ bhagavataś caraṇāravindam
One should meditate continually upon the Lord’s lotus feet from which the Gaṅgā flows and gives extra blessings to Lord Śiva on his head, and whose thunderbolt is released upon mountains of sin in the meditator’s mind.
After describing the sweetness of the Lord’s feet, Kapila describes the power of his feet. Śiva becomes additionally auspicious (adhikrṭena) on his head by the sacred water of the Gaṅgā flowing as wash water from the Lord’s feet. Or Śiva becomes blessed by attaining the qualification to hold on his head the water of the Gaṅgā. Śiva thinks “I have become fortunate.” The devotee meditates on the foot marked with the thunderbolt being released upon a mountain of sins of the meditator. The devotee meditates as well on the elephant goad to lead the elephant of his mind on the right path. He meditates on the lotus on the Lord’s foot to ornament the lake of his mind. He meditates on the flag to give the highest kingdom to the mind. He meditates on the barley corn to give the highest fame. He meditates on the umbrella to give relief from the three miseries. He meditates on the cakra to give complete protection.
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