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धवम् ॥ ८ ॥ यं ब्रह्मावरुणेंद्ररुद्रमरुतः स्तुन्वंति दिव्यैः स्तवैर्वेदैः सांगपदक्रमोपनिषदैर्गायंति यं सामगाः ॥ ध्यानावस्थिततद्रतेन मनसा पश्यंति यं योगिनो यस्यांतं न विदुः सुरासुरगणा देवाय तस्मै नमः ॥ ९ ॥ इति ध्यानम् ॥
THE MEDITATION ON GITA.
ॐ Taught by the Blessed Narayana Himself to Arjuna : compiled by Vyasa, the ancient Muni, in the midst of the Mahabharata; I meditate on thee, O Mother, O Bhagavad-Gita, the blessed, the pourer-forth of the nectar of Advaita, destroyer of rebirth. Hail to thee, O Vyasa, large-minded one, with eyes like the petals of the opened lotus ; by whom the lamp of knowledge filled with the oil of the Mahabharata, has been lighted. To the Parijata-kalpataru of the suppliant, to the holder of the whip, to Krishna as Teacher, milker of the Gita-nectar, all hail! All the Upanishats are the cows; the Milker is the joy of the cowherds ; Partha is the calf; the man of high intelligence is the enjoyer ; the milk is the great nectar of the Gita. I worship Vasudeva, the charioteer, the God, the destroyer of Kamsa and Charuna, the supreme joy of Devaki, Krishna, Guru of the world. With Keshava as helmsman, verily was crossed by the Pandavas that
