Meditation on Hari

Verse 1 (garuda.1.91.1)

सूत उवाच । स्वायम्भुवाद्या मुनयो हरिं ध्यायन्ति कर्मणा । व्रताचारार्चनाध्यानस्तुतिजप्यपरायणाः

sūta uvāca svāyambhuvādyā munayo hariṁ dhyāyanti karmaṇā vratācārārcanādhyānastutijapyaparāyaṇāḥ

Suta said: The sages beginning with Svayambhuva meditate upon Hari through their actions, devoted always to vows, conduct, worship, meditation, praise, and japa.

Verse 2 (garuda.1.91.2)

देहेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिप्राणाहङ्कारवर्जितम् । आकशेन विहीनं वै तेजसा परिवर्जितम्

dehendriyamanobuddhiprāṇāhaṅkāravarjitam ākaśena vihīnaṁ vai tejasā parivarjitam

They meditate on him as devoid of body, senses, mind, intellect, life-breath, and ego; devoid of space, and free of the element of fire as well —

Verse 3 (garuda.1.91.3)

उदकेन विहीनं वै तद्धर्मपरिवर्जितम् । पृथिवीरहितं चैव सर्वभूतविवर्जितम्

udakena vihīnaṁ vai taddharmaparivarjitam pṛthivīrahitaṁ caiva sarvabhūtavivarjitam

devoid of water and its property, free of earth, and free of all the material elements —

Verse 4 (garuda.1.91.4)

भूताध्यक्षं तथा बद्धनियन्तारं प्रभुं विभुम् । चैतन्यरूपतारूपं सर्वाध्यक्षं निरञ्जनम्

bhūtādhyakṣaṁ tathā baddhaniyantāraṁ prabhuṁ vibhum caitanyarūpatārūpaṁ sarvādhyakṣaṁ nirañjanam

yet the overseer of all beings, the controller of the bound, the lord, the all-pervading; of the nature of pure consciousness, the overseer of all, spotless —

Verse 5 (garuda.1.91.5)

मुक्तसङ्गं महेशानं सर्वदेवप्रपूजितम् । तेजोरूपमसत्त्वं च तपसा परिवर्जितम्

muktasaṅgaṁ maheśānaṁ sarvadevaprapūjitam tejorūpamasattvaṁ ca tapasā parivarjitam

free of attachment, the great lord, worshipped by all the gods; of the form of pure radiance, without materiality, beyond the need for austerity —

Verse 6 (garuda.1.91.6)

रहितं रजसा नित्यं व्यतिरिक्तं गुणैस्त्रिभिः । सर्वरूपविहीनं वै कर्तृत्वादिविवर्जितम्

rahitaṁ rajasā nityaṁ vyatiriktaṁ guṇaistribhiḥ sarvarūpavihīnaṁ vai kartṛtvādivivarjitam

eternally free of rajas, distinct from the three gunas; devoid of all form, free of agency and the like —

Verse 7 (garuda.1.91.7)

वासनारहितं शुद्धं सर्वदोषविवर्जितम् । पिपासावर्जितं तत्तच्छो कमोहविवर्जितम्

vāsanārahitaṁ śuddhaṁ sarvadoṣavivarjitam pipāsāvarjitaṁ tattaccho kamohavivarjitam

free of latent impressions, pure, free of all faults; free of thirst, free of grief and delusion as well —

Verse 8 (garuda.1.91.8)

जरामरणहीनं वै कूटस्थं मोहवर्जितम् । उत्पत्तिरहितं चैव प्रलयेन विवर्जितम्

jarāmaraṇahīnaṁ vai kūṭasthaṁ mohavarjitam utpattirahitaṁ caiva pralayena vivarjitam

free of old age and death, immutable, free of delusion; without origin, and free of dissolution as well —

Verse 9 (garuda.1.91.9)

सत्यं सर्वाचारहीनं निष्कलं परमेश्वरम् । जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यादिवर्जितं नामवर्जितम्

satyaṁ sarvācārahīnaṁ niṣkalaṁ parameśvaram jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyādivarjitaṁ nāmavarjitam

the truth itself, beyond all ritual conduct, the partless Supreme Lord; free of waking, dream, and deep sleep and the like, free of name —

Verse 10 (garuda.1.91.10)

अध्यक्षं जाग्रदादीनां शान्तरूपं सुरेश्वरम् । जाग्रदादिस्थितं नित्यं कार्य्यकारणवर्जितम्

adhyakṣaṁ jāgradādīnāṁ śāntarūpaṁ sureśvaram jāgradādisthitaṁ nityaṁ kāryyakāraṇavarjitam

the overseer of waking and the other states, of peaceful nature, lord of the gods; eternally present within waking and the other states, yet free of cause and effect —

Verse 11 (garuda.1.91.11)

सर्वदृष्टं तथा मूर्त्तं सूक्ष्मं सूक्ष्मतरं परम् । ज्ञानदृक् श्रोत्रविज्ञानं परमानन्दरूपकम्

sarvadṛṣṭaṁ tathā mūrttaṁ sūkṣmaṁ sūkṣmataraṁ param jñānadṛk śrotravijñānaṁ paramānandarūpakam

seen by all, yet embodied; subtle, more subtle still, supreme; the seer of knowledge, the awareness that hears, of the nature of supreme bliss —

Verse 12 (garuda.1.91.12)

विश्वेन रहितं तद्वत्तैजसेन विवर्जितम् । प्राज्ञेन रहितञ्चैव तुरीयं परमाक्षरम्

viśvena rahitaṁ tadvattaijasena vivarjitam prājñena rahitañcaiva turīyaṁ paramākṣaram

free of the waking-self, likewise free of the dream-self; free also of the deep-sleep-self — the fourth state, the supreme imperishable —

Verse 13 (garuda.1.91.13)

सर्वगोप्तृ सर्वहन्तृ सर्वभूतात्मरूपि च । बुद्धिधर्मविहीनं वै निराधारं शिवं हरिम्

sarvagoptṛ sarvahantṛ sarvabhūtātmarūpi ca buddhidharmavihīnaṁ vai nirādhāraṁ śivaṁ harim

the protector of all, the destroyer of all, of the nature of the self of all beings; devoid of the properties of intellect, without support — the auspicious Hari —

Verse 14 (garuda.1.91.14)

विक्रियारहितं चैव वेदान्तैर्वेद्यमेव च । वेदरूपं परं भूतमिन्द्रियेभ्यः परं शुभम्

vikriyārahitaṁ caiva vedāntairvedyameva ca vedarūpaṁ paraṁ bhūtamindriyebhyaḥ paraṁ śubham

free of transformation, knowable only through the Vedanta; of the form of the Veda, the supreme reality, beyond the senses, auspicious —

Verse 15 (garuda.1.91.15)

शब्देन वर्जितञ्चैव रसेन च विवर्जितम् । स्पर्शेन रहितं देवं रूपमात्रविवर्जितम्

śabdena varjitañcaiva rasena ca vivarjitam sparśena rahitaṁ devaṁ rūpamātravivarjitam

free of sound, and likewise free of taste; the god free of touch, entirely free of form —

Verse 16 (garuda.1.91.16)

रूपेण रहितञ्चैव गन्धेन परिवर्जितम् । अनादि ब्रह्मरन्ध्रान्तमहं ब्रह्मास्मि केवलम्

rūpeṇa rahitañcaiva gandhena parivarjitam anādi brahmarandhrāntamahaṁ brahmāsmi kevalam

free of form as well, and free of smell; without beginning, extending up to the brahmarandhra — 'I am Brahman alone.'

Verse 17 (garuda.1.91.17)

एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवध्यानं कुर्य्याज्जितेन्द्रियः । ध्यानं यः कुरुते ह्येवं स भवेद्बह्म मानवः

evaṁ jñātvā mahādevadhyānaṁ kuryyājjitendriyaḥ dhyānaṁ yaḥ kurute hyevaṁ sa bhavedbahma mānavaḥ

Knowing thus, one of controlled senses should perform meditation on Mahadeva; whoever meditates in this way becomes, though a man, one with Brahman.

Verse 18 (garuda.1.91.18)

इति ध्यानं समाख्यातमश्विरस्य मया तव । अधुना कथयाम्यन्यत्किन्तद्ब्रूहि वृषध्वज

iti dhyānaṁ samākhyātamaśvirasya mayā tava adhunā kathayāmyanyatkintadbrūhi vṛṣadhvaja

Thus has the meditation on the imperishable Supreme Lord been declared by me to you. Now I shall speak of something else — tell me, O bull-bannered one, what that is.