Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 213 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.213

উদরমুপাসতে য ঋষিবর্ত্মসু কূর্পদৃশঃ পরিসরপদ্ধতিং হৃদযমারুণযো দহরম্ তত উদগাদনন্ত তব ধাম শিরঃ পরমং পুনরিহ যত্সমেত্য ন পতন্তি কৃতান্তমুখে

उदरमुपासते य ऋषिवर्त्मसु कूर्पदृशः परिसरपद्धतिं हृदयमारुणयो दहरम् तत उदगादनन्त तव धाम शिरः परमं पुनरिह यत्समेत्य न पतन्ति कृतान्तमुखे

udaram upāsate ya ṛṣi-vartmasu kūrpa-dṛśaḥ parisara-paddhatiṁ hṛdayam āruṇayo daharam tata udagād ananta tava dhāma śiraḥ paramaṁ punar iha yat sametya na patanti kṛtānta-mukhe

Synonyms

udaramthe abdomen; upāsateworship; yethose who; ṛṣi-vartmasuon the path marked out by the great saintly persons; kūrpa-dṛśaḥwhose vision is grossly situated in the bodily conception of life; parisara-paddhatimfrom which the system of the arteries comes; hṛdayamthe heart; āruṇayaḥsaintly persons headed by Āruṇa Ṛṣi; daharamthe sky within the heart, the subtle conception of the Supersoul within the heart; tataḥfrom that; udagātwent up; anantaO unlimited one; tavaYour; dhāmaplace; śiraḥthe top of the head; paramamsupreme; punaḥagain; ihain this material world; yatwhich; sametyahaving achieved; nanot; patantifall down; kṛta-anta-mukhein the repetition of birth and death..

Translation

" 'Those who follow the path of great, saintly mystic yogīs take to the yogic gymnastic process and begin worshiping from the abdomen, where it is said that Brahman is located. Such people are called śārk, which means that they are situated in the gross bodily conception. There are also followers of the ṛṣi known as Āruṇa. Following that path, they observe the activities of the arteries. Thus they gradually rise to the heart, where subtle Brahman, Paramātmā, is situated. They then worship Him. O, unlimited Ananta! Better than these persons are the mystic yogīs who worship You from the top of their heads. Beginning with the abdomen and proceeding through the heart, they reach the top of the head and pass through the brahma-randra, the hole at the top of the skull. Thus yogīs attain the perfectional platform and do not enter the cycle of birth and death again.'

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.87.18).

Verse 213 of 355
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