Daily Invocations: 6-10 - Swami Krishnananda.

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Srimad Bhagavad Gita
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5.The Significance of the Narayana Suktam
Swami Krishnananda.

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6.

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.

7.

अधो निष्ठ्या वितस्त्यान्ते नाभ्याम् उपरि तिष्ठति ।

ज्वालामालाकुलं भाती विश्वस्यायतनं महत् ॥

adho niṣṭayā vitasyānte nābhyāmupari tiṣṭhati,

jvālamālākulaṁ bhāti viśvasyāyatanaṁ mahat.

Below the Adam's apple, at a distance of a span, and above the navel (i.e., the heart which is the relative seat of the manifestation of Pure Consciousness in the human being), effulges the Great Abode of the universe, as if adorned with garlands of flames.

8.

सन्ततं शिलाभिस्तु लम्बत्याकोशसन्निभम् ।

तस्यान्ते सुषिरं सूक्ष्मं तस्मिन् सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥

santataṁ śilābhistu lambatyākośasannibham,

tasyānte suṣiraṁ sūkśmaṁ tasmin sarvaṁ pratiṣṭhitam.

Surrounded on all sides by nerve-currents (or arteries), the lotus-bud of the heart is suspended in an inverted position. In it is a subtle space (a narrow aperture, the sushumna-nadi), and therein is to be found the Substratum of all things.

9.

तस्य माध्ये महानग्निर्विश्वरविश्वतोमुखः ।

सोऽग्रभुग् विभजन तिष्टान् आहारमजरः कविः ॥

tasya madhye mahanagnirviśvārcirviśvatomukhaḥ,

so'grabhug vibhajan tiṣṭhan āhāramajaraḥ kaviḥ.

In that space within the heart resides the Great Flaming Fire, undecaying, all-knowing, with tongues spread out in all directions, with faces turned everywhere, consuming all food presented before it, and assimilating it into itself.

10.

तिर्यगुर्ध्वमदःशायी रशमयस्तस्य सन्तताः ।

सन्तापयति स्वं देहमापादतलमास्तकः ।

तस्य मध्ये वह्निशिखा अणीयोर्ध्वा व्यवस्थिताः ॥

tiryagūrdhvamadaḥśāyī raśmayastasya santatāḥ,

santāpayati svaṁ dehamāpātatalamastakam,

tasya madhye vahniśikhā aṇīyordhvā vyavasthitaḥ.

His rays, spreading all round, sideways as well as above and below, warm up the whole body from head to foot. In the centre of That (Flame) abides the Tongue of Fire as the topmost among all subtle things.

Note:—Due to the attachments and entanglement of the jiva in worldly enjoyment and suffering, the Consciousness is enshrouded in potential as well as expressed objectivity; hence, it appears like a tiny streak of flame within the dark clouds of ignorance. But when the jiva rises above worldliness, the Consciousness is realised as the Infinite.

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11.

नीलतोयदमध्यस्थद् विद्युल्लेखेव भास्वरा ।

नीवारशूकवत्तन्वी पीता भास्वत्यणूपमा ॥

nīlatoyadamadhyasthād vidyullekheva bhāsvarā,

nīvāraśūkavattanvī pītā bhāsvatyaṇūpamā.

Brilliant like a streak of lightning set in the midst of the blue rain-bearing clouds, slender like the awn of a paddy grain, yellow (like gold) in colour, in subtlety comparable to the minute atom, (this Tongue of Fire) glows splendid.

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