Adhikarana XXXIII — Meditation upon each member

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Adhikarana XXXIII — Meditation upon each member

of the body of the Lord

In the previous part there has been explained meditation on the spiritual attributes of the Lord. Now is commenced the topic teaching meditation on the various members of the body of the Lord. In the Gopala Purva Tapani Upanishad towards the end, Brahma says:

«I propitiate with highest praise that one Govinda whose form is existence, intelligence and bliss, whose Mantra consists of five words, who is seated always under the Kalpa tree in Brindabana and is surrounded by forty-nine Maruts». (Then follow twelve verses of praise) reciting the various attributes, mostly bodily, of the Lord.

1. All hail to Him whose form is the universe, and who is the cause of the sustenance and dissolution of the universe: who is the Lord of the universe and who is the universe, hail, hail to Govinda ‘.

2. All hail to Him whose form is Intelligence, and consists of the highest Bliss! Hail to Krishna, the Lord of the Gopis, hail, hail to Govinda!

3. All hail to Him whose eyes are like lotus, who has a garland of lotus; hail to Him from whose navel grows the world-lotus, hail to the Lord of the Lotus-born (Kamala)!

4. All hail to Him who is adorned with the dishdem of peacock feathers, to Rama of the unobstructed Intelligence; hail to the Heart’s delight of Rama (Shri), hail, hail to Govinda!

5. All hail to the Destroyer of the brood of Kamsa, to the Slayer of Keshin and Chanura; hail to the Adored one of the Hull-bannered Shiva: hail to the Charioteer of Partha (Arjuna.)

6. All hail to the Player on the flute, to the Cow-herd, the Bruiser of the head of the snake, to the Sporter on the banks of the Kalindi Yamuna, hail to the Wearer of the dancing ear-rings!

7. All hail to the Beloved of the cow-maids (of Brindabana), the master-Dancer: hail to the Protector of His devotees, hail, hail to Lord Krishna!

8. All hail to the Destroyer of sin, to the Uplifter of the Govardhana, to the Ender of the life of Putana, to the Killer of Trinavarta!

9. All hail to the Partless, to the Delusion-less, to the Pure, the Enemy of the impure; to the Secondless, to the Great, hail, hail to Lord Krishna!

10. Be gracious, O Supreme Bliss! be gracious, O Supreme Lord ‘. Save me, O Master me, bitten by the serpent of Desire and Disease.

11. O Shri Krishna! O Beloved of Rukmini! O Stealer of the hearts of the cow-maids! O World Teacher! save me from being drowned in the ocean of Samsara (world).

12. O Keshava! O Remover of pain! O Narayana! O Janardana! O Govinda! O Supreme Bliss! O Madhava! save me.

In the above verses, the various members of the body of the Lord are described as having certain attributes; such as His eyes are like lotus with a compassionate gaze in them, the mouth is smiling and sounding a flute; His head is adorned with a crown of peacock, feathers, his movements are slow and dignified, His intelligence is uninterrupted, and He is an expert in singing and dancing.

Doubt: Here arises the doubt: Are those attributes of smiling face, compassionate gaze, etc., to be separately meditated upon or not?

Purvapaksha: They should not be meditated upon separately because there is no higher reward in such meditation, and because the highest end of mm (namely, Mukti) is obtained by meditating on the universal attributes of the Lord, such as His omniscience, omnipotence and the rest; and so the charms of His personal appearance, costume, gestures, movements, etc., need not be meditated upon.

Siddhanta: This view is set aside in the next Sutra.

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