551. Gita Dhyana Shloka composed by Madhusudhana Saraswathi.

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Gita Dhyana Shloka was composed by Madhusudhana Saraswathi. Though these shlokas are not a part of Mahabharatha written by Veda Vyasa, the Advaitha Saint Sri Madhusudhana Saraswathi in his commentary on Gita called Goodartha Deepika has used it as propose. A saint who was initially inclined to Dvaitha philosophy and believed in “Dasoham” later on drifted towards “Soham” when his contemporaries asked him about the reason for the change over, the saint blamed it on Lord Krishna for stealing the “Da” kara in Dasoham as he is used to stealing the butter from Gopikas.    

There are nine verses in which the Saint pays his respect to the Bhagavad Gita (Song of the Lord), Veda Vyasa (Author), Lord Krishna (Preceptor) and Mahabharata (Epic).

Gita Dhyana Sloka 1.

Parthaya pratibodhitam bhagavata Narayanena svayam Vyasena grathitam puranamunina madhye Mahabharatam Advaitamruta varshanim Bhagavatim Astadasadhyayinim Amba tvam Anusandadhami Bhagavad-gite Bhavadvesinim 

Meaning:

Bhagavad Gita, you are the song emerging out of Lord Narayana as instructions to Partha (Arjuna) and later complied by ancient and experienced Veda Vyasa within the Mahabharata. Shower of the Nectar of Oneness in eighteen chapters, “O” mother! I contemplate upon you! Bhagavad Gita, you help annihilate cycle of birth and rebirth.

Gita Dhyana Sloka 2.

Namostute Vyasa visalabuddhe Phullaravindayatapatra netrayena Tvaya Bharatatailapurnah prajvalito jnanamayah pradipah

Meaning:

I bow to you Vyasadeva who possess vast and deep knowledge. With beautiful eyes (not the physical but the Third Eye) like the petals of fully bloomed lotus you have lighted the lamp of wisdom using the oil called Bharatam (Stories of Srimad Bhagavatam).

Gita Dhyana Sloka 3. 

Prapanna parijataya Totravetraikapanaye Gnanamudraya Krishnaya Gitamruta Duhe Nama

Meaning:

My obeisance to Lord Krishna, who is the refuge to the one born out of the ocean (Lakshmi). Holding a staff which has the shape of a crane head to mend the cattle, and the other hand raised with thumb touching the tip of the forefinger indicating divine knowledge. He is the milker of the immortal nectar of the Bhagavad Gita.

Gita Dhyana Sloka 4.

Sarvopanishado Gavo Dogdha Gopalanandana Parthovatsa Sudheerbhoktha Dugdham Gitamrutam Mahat

Meaning:

If the entire Upanishads are likened to cows, the milker is the son of the cowherd, Gopalanandana and Arjuna, son of Prutha is the calf. The men of purified intellect are the drinkers and the milk is the supreme nectar of Gita.

Gita Dhyana Sloka 5.

Vasudevasutam devam Kamsa Chanoora Mardanam Devakiparamanandam Krishnam vande Jagad Gurum

Meaning:

I Bow to Lord Krishna, son of Vasudeva, who is the preceptor of the Universe. Supreme Bliss of His mother Devaki and the destroyer of the demons Kamsa and Chanoora.

Gita Dhyana Sloka 6.

Bheeshma Drona Thata Jayadratha Jala Gandhara Neelotpala Shalya Grahavati Krupena Vahani Karnena Velakula Asvatthama Vikarna ghora Makara Duryadhana Vartini Sotthirna khalu Pandavai rananadhi kaivartaka Kesava

Meaning:

In the battle field of Kurukshetra, Bhishma and Drona are the banks. Jayadratha the water; King of Gandhara (Shakuni) is the water lily. Shalya is the shark, Krupa the flow and Karna the huge waves. Asvatthama and Vikarna are the deadly crocodiles and Duryodana is the whirlpool. That river like war was indeed crossed over by the Pandavas with the help of Kesava, the boatman. 

Gita Dhyana Sloka 7.

Parasaryavacha Sarojamamalam Gitarthaganddhotkatam Nanakhyanakakesaram Harikatha Sambodhanabodhitam Loke Sajjanashatpadhairaharaha pepiyamanam mudha bhooyatbharatapankajam kalimala praghvamsina sreyase

Meaning:

May the spotless lotus of the Mahabharata which was created by the water of Parasara’s son, Vyasa’s words, having many stories as the stamens, which blossoms by the discourses on the divine stories of Sri Hari, which is quaffed daily with pleasure in this world by saintly individuals who are like nectar seeking honey bees from the fragrance filled Bhagavad Gita which is also the destroyer all the sins in the Kaliyuga. May this lotus of the Mahabharata bestow on us the highest virtue!

Gita Dhyana Sloka 8.

Mookam Karoti Vachalam Pangum Langayate Girim Yatkrupa Tamaham vande Paramananda Madhavam 

Meaning:

A dumb person can talk and a lame person can jump upon the hill if he has the grace of Madhava, the Supreme Bliss.

Gita Dhyana Sloka 9.

Yam Brahma Varunendra Rudra Marutah Srunvanti divyaihstavai Vedaihsanga Pada Kramopanisadair Gayanti Yam samagah  Dhyanavasthitatad gatena manasa pasyanti Yam yogino Yasyantam na viduh surasuragana devaya tasmai namah

Meaning:

Let us all pay obeisance to Lord Sri Krisna, whom Brahma, Varuna, Indra, Rudra, Marutas and all divine beings praise with the divine hymns of the Vedas and their supplementary parts such as the Upanishads, whom the followers of the Sama Veda glorify with song, whom great mystics see with their minds absorbed in perfect meditation and of whom all the hosts of demigods and demons know not the limitations. To him the Supreme Lord, let there be all obeisance.

This post is to my college friend Sri Devi Raj Balakrishnan living in Cumming Georgia......Let the Lord be with their family always..