Daily Invocations: 5 - Swami Krishnananda.

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Daily Invocations: 
5.The Significance of the Narayana Suktam
Swami Krishnananda.

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5.The Significance of the Narayana Suktam:

1.

The Narayana Sukta

ॐ सहस्रशीर्षं देवं विश्वाक्षं विश्वशम्भुवम् ।

विश्वै नारायणं देवं अक्षरं परमं पदम् ॥

ōm sahasraśīrṣaṁ devaṁ viśvākśaṁ viśvaśambhuvaṁ,

viśvaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ devamakśaraṁ paramaṁ padam.

This universe is the Eternal Being (Narayana), the imperishable, the supreme, the goal, multi-headed and multi-eyed (i.e., omnipresent and omniscient), the resplendent, the source of delight for the whole universe.

Note:—With this verse commences a famous hymn of the Vedic group, stating the characters of the Absolute in its manifestation as this creation.

2.

विश्वतः परमं नित्यं विश्वं नारायणं हरिम् ।

विश्वमेवेदं पुरुषस्तद्विवमुपाजीवती ॥

viśvataḥ paramam nityaṁ viśvaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ harim,

viśvamevedaṁ puruṣastadviśvamupajīvati.

This universe is the Supreme Being (Purusha) alone; hence, it subsists on That, the Eternal which transcends it (in every way)—the Omnipresent Absolute which destroys all sins.

3.

पतिं विश्वस्यात्मेश्वरं शाश्वतं शिवमच्युतम् ।

नारायणं महाज्ञेयं विश्वात्मानं परायणम् ॥

patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaraṁ śāśvataṁ  śivamacyutam,

nārāyaṇaṁ mahājñeyaṁ viśvātmānaṁ parāyaṇam.

The protector of the universe, the Lord of all souls (or Lord over Self), the perpetual, the auspicious, the indestructible, the Goal of all creation, the Supreme object worthy of being known, the Soul of all beings, the Refuge unfailing (is He).

4.

नारायण परं ब्रह्म तत्त्वं नारायणः परः ।

नारायण परो ज्योतिरात्मा नारायणः परः ।

नारायण परो ध्याता ध्यानं नारायणः परः ॥

nārāyaṇaḥ paraṁ brahma tattvaṁ nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ,

nārāyaṇaḥ paro jyotirātmā nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ.

nārāyaṇaḥ paro dhyātā dhyānam nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ.

The Lord Narayana is the Supreme Absolute; Narayana is the Supreme Reality; Narayana is the Supreme Light; Narayana is the Supreme Self; Narayana is the Supreme Meditator; Narayana is the Supreme Meditation.

5.

यच्चं किञ्चिज्जगत्सर्वं दृष्यते श्रीयतेऽपि वा ।

अन्तरबहिश्च तत्सर्वं व्याप्य नारायणः स्थितः ॥

yacca kiñcijjagatsarvaṁ dṛśyate śrūyate'pi vā,

antarbahiśca tatsarvaṁ vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ.

Whatever all this universe is, seen or heard of—pervading all this, from inside and outside alike, stands supreme the Eternal Divine Being (Narayana).

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अनन्तमव्यां कविं समुद्रेन्तं विश्वशम्भुवम् ।

पद्मकोशप्रतीकाशं हृदयं च अपि चाप्यधोमुखम् ॥

anantamavyayaṁ kaviṁ samudre'ntaṁ viśvaśambhuvam,

padmakośapratīkāśaṁ hṛdayaṁ cāpyadhomukham.

He is the Limitless, Imperishable, Omniscient, residing in the ocean of the heart, the Cause of the happiness of the universe, the Supreme End of all striving, (manifesting Himself) in the ether of the heart which is comparable to an inverted bud of the lotus flower.

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