Chapter 3: Dhyana: seeing Bhagwan before the names

क्षीरोदन्वत्प्रदेशे शुचिमणिविलसत्सैकते मौक्तिकानां
मालाकॢप्तासनस्थः स्फटिकमणिनिभैर्मौक्तिकैर्मण्डिताङ्गः ।
शुभ्रैरभ्रैरदभ्रैरुपरिविरचितैर्मुक्तपीयूषवर्षैरानन्दी
नः पुनीयादरिनलिनगदाशङ्खपाणिर्मुकुन्दः

kṣīrodanvatpradeśe śucimaṇivilasatsaikate mauktikānāṃ
mālākḷptāsanasthaḥ sphaṭikamaṇinibhairmauktikairmaṇḍitāṅgaḥ |
śubhrairabhrairadabhrairupariviracitairmuktapīyūṣavarṣairānandī
naḥ punīyādarinalinagadāśaṅkhapāṇirmukundaḥ

On the shore of the Ocean of Milk, where the sands shine with bright gems, seated on a throne fashioned from garlands of pearls, his body adorned with pearls clear as crystal, rejoicing beneath abundant white clouds that pour down showers of nectar, may Mukunda, holding the discus, lotus, mace and conch, purify us.

भूः पादौ यस्य नाभिर्वियदसुरनिलश्चन्द्रसूर्यौ च नेत्रे
कर्णावाशाः शिरो द्यौर्मुखमपि दहनो यस्य वास्तेयमब्धिः ।
अन्तःस्थं यस्य विश्वं सुरनरखगगोभोगिगन्धर्वदैत्यैः
चित्रं रंरम्यते तं त्रिभुवनवपुषं विष्णुमीशं नमामि

bhūḥ pādau yasya nābhirviyadasuranilaścandrasūryau ca netre
karṇāvāśāḥ śiro dyaurmukhamapi dahano yasya vāsteyamabdhiḥ |
antaḥsthaṃ yasya viśvaṃ suranarakhagagobhogigandharvadaityaiḥ
citraṃ raṃramyate taṃ tribhuvanavapuṣaṃ viṣṇumīśaṃ namāmi

The earth is his feet, the sky his navel, the wind his breath, the moon and sun his eyes, the quarters his ears, heaven his head, fire his mouth and the ocean his abdomen. Within him the universe, with gods, men, birds, cattle, serpents, gandharvas and daityas, plays in wondrous ways. I bow to Vishnu the Lord, whose body is the three worlds.

ॐ शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्

oṃ śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ
viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam |
lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhirdhyānagamyaṃ
vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham

Om. I bow to Vishnu, of peaceful form, resting on the serpent, lotus-naveled, Lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a rain cloud, of auspicious limbs, beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation, remover of the fear of worldly existence, the one Lord of all the worlds.

मेघश्यामं पीतकौशेयवासं
श्रीवत्साङ्कं कौस्तुभोद्भासिताङ्गम् ।
पुण्योपेतं पुण्डरीकायताक्षं
विष्णुं वन्दे सर्वलोकैकनाथम्

meghaśyāmaṃ pītakauśeyavāsaṃ
śrīvatsāṅkaṃ kaustubhodbhāsitāṅgam |
puṇyopetaṃ puṇḍarīkāyatākṣaṃ
viṣṇuṃ vande sarvalokaikanātham

I bow to Vishnu, the one Lord of all the worlds, dark as a cloud, clothed in yellow silk, marked with the Shrivatsa, his body lit by the Kaustubha gem, full of holiness, with long eyes like lotus petals.

नमः समस्तभूतानामादिभूताय भूभृते ।
अनेकरूपरूपाय विष्णवे प्रभविष्णवे

namaḥ samastabhūtānāmādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte |
anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave

Salutations to Vishnu, the all-powerful, who is the first cause of all beings, who upholds the earth, and whose form is the many forms.

सशङ्खचक्रं सकिरीटकुण्डलं
सपीतवस्त्रं सरसीरुहेक्षणम् |
सहारवक्षःस्थलकौस्तुभश्रियं
नमामि विष्णुं शिरसा चतुर्भुजम्

saśaṅkhacakraṃ sakirīṭakuṇḍalaṃ
sapītavastraṃ sarasīruhekṣaṇam |
sahāravakṣaḥsthalakaustubhaśriyaṃ
namāmi viṣṇuṃ śirasā caturbhujam

With my head I bow to four-armed Vishnu, bearing the conch and discus, wearing crown and earrings and yellow garments, lotus-eyed, his chest bright with garlands and the splendour of the Kaustubha.

छायायां पारिजातस्य हेमसिंहासनोपरि
आसीनमम्बुदश्याममायताक्षमलंकृतम् |
चन्द्राननं चतुर्बाहुं श्रीवत्साङ्कितवक्षसं
रुक्मिणीसत्यभामाभ्यां सहितं कृष्णमाश्रये

chāyāyāṃ pārijātasya hemasiṃhāsanopari
āsīnamambudaśyāmamāyatākṣamalaṃkṛtam |
candrānanaṃ caturbāhuṃ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasaṃ
rukmiṇīsatyabhāmābhyāṃ sahitaṃ kṛṣṇamāśraye

I take refuge in Krishna, seated on a golden throne in the shade of the Parijata tree, dark as a rain cloud, long-eyed and adorned, moon-faced and four-armed, his chest marked with the Shrivatsa, with Rukmini and Satyabhama beside him.