[Advaita-l] A guided meditation: Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada-- Vishnu Padadikeshanta Stotram

[Divya Meedin]

Namaskaram,

Thanks so much for sharing this, sir.

Regards,
Divya

On Mon, 18 May, 2020, 11:01 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Hari-smaranam on Ekadashi. Devotional reading from a work of Adi Shankara
> Bhagavatpada-- Vishnu Padadikeshanta Stotram .
>
> In this Stotra written in 52 verses Srimadacharya teaches us, in great
> detail, how to visualize the form of Lord Vishnu. Before beginning to
> meditate on the Lord’s form He meditates upon the five Presiding Deities of
> His weapons— (1) the conch shell known as Panchajanya, (2) the disc known
> as Sudarshana, (3) the bow known as Sharnga, (4) the sword known as
> Nandaka, and (5) the club known as Kaumodaki, in the first five verses. In
> verses 6 through 9 He meditates upon the four Deities that surround Him—
> (1) Lord Garuda, (2) Lord Ananta, (3) Lakshmi Devi and (4) Bhumi Devi.
> In verses 10 to 48 He meditates upon the Lord’s form from the foot to the
> regions above. In verse 50 He meditates upon the Supreme Nirguna Brahman
> from which stem all forms of Godhead. The phala-stuti in verse 52 says that
> a devotee who worships the Lord gets freed from ‘एनोनिचयकवचकम्’ (the sheath
> made up of wholesome and unwholesome Karmas acquired in many lifetimes)
> upon the death of his physical body, enters into the bimba of Suryamandala
> and attains the Supreme Bliss which is the nature of the Self. This is a
> highly ornate work replete with Alankaras and is a great intellectual treat
> to the scholar of Sanskrit literature just as it is a great devotional
> treat to the devotee.
> The Tamil Smarta takes you on a journey of visualization meditation and
> also teaches you the proper pronunciation of the
> Vishnu-padadikeshanta-stotra in Sanskrit. Sit straight, and either close
> your eyes to meditate upon the Lord’s form as you hear the chanting of the
> shlokas, or keep your eyes open to go through the Sanskrit text of each
> shloka as the vocal goes on. And let The Guru, Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada,
> guide you in contemplating on the Divya-mangala-rupam of Bhagavan as you
> hear and/or chant each of the shloka. This 28-minute guided meditation of
> Stotra-pathana (chanting) is a highly recommended practice for everyone. No
> initiation or other qualification is required for this unlike the study of
> the Brahmasutra-bhashya or the Upanishad-bhashya.
>
> The article and the video rendering is by Dr.Gokulakrishnan Iyer of
> Srirangam:
>
> https://youtu.be/Xb-3nZmD8Qo
>
> regards
> subbu
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