Text 53] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1091

TEXT 53

CRATING |
Tatas: aafrany 143

etad ripam anudhyeyam
atma-suddhim abhipsatam

yad-bhakti-yogo ’bhaya-dah
sva-dharmam anutisthatam

etat—this; ripam—form; anudhyeyam—must be meditated upon; dtma—
self ; Suddhim— purification; abhipsatam—of those who are desiring so; yat—
that which; bhakti-yogah—the devotional service; abhaya-dah—factual fear-
lessness; sva-dharmam—one’s own occupational duties; anutisthatam—

executing.
TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, those who desire to purify their existence must always
engage in the meditation of Your lotus feet, as described above. Those who
are serious about executing their occupational duties and who want free-
dom from fear must take to this process of bhakti-yoga.

PURPORT

It is said that the transcendental name, form, pastimes and entourage of
the Lord cannot be appreciated by the blunt material senses; therefore one
has to engage himself in devotional service so that the senses may be
purified and one can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here,
however, it is indicated that those who are constantly engaged in medi-
tating on the lotus feet of the Lord are certainly purified of the material
contamination of the senses and are thus able to see the Supreme Lord eye
to eye. The word “‘meditation” is very popular in this age amongst the
common people, but they do not know the actual meaning of meditation.
However, from Vedic literature we learn that the yogis are always
absorbed in meditation upon the lotus feet of the Lord. Dhyanavasthita-
tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginah (Bhag. 12.13.1). This is the real
business of the yogis: to think of the lotus feet of the Lord. Lord Siva
therefore advises that one who is actually serious about purification must
engage himself in this type of meditation or in the mystic yoga system,
which will help him not only to see the Lord within constantly but to see
Him eye to eye and become His associate in Vaikunthaloka or Goloka
Vrndavana.
