Shloka 73
The Sin of Breaking Households: Citrā’s Past Karma and the Remedy of Hari’s Name and Meditation
ध्यानं तस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि द्विविधं तस्य चक्रिणः । केवलज्ञानरूपेण दृश्यते ज्ञानचक्षुषा
dhyānaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi dvividhaṃ tasya cakriṇaḥ | kevalajñānarūpeṇa dṛśyate jñānacakṣuṣā
ആ ചക്രധാരി ഭഗവാന്റെ ധ്യാനം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു—അത് ദ്വിവിധമാണ്. ജ്ഞാനചക്ഷുവാൽ അവൻ ശുദ്ധജ്ഞാനരൂപമായിട്ടേ ദർശിക്കപ്പെടൂ।
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Concept: Meditation on the discus-bearing Lord is taught as twofold; the Lord is apprehended by the jñāna-eye as pure knowledge in essence.
Application: Alternate between form-meditation (Vishnu with chakra, śaṅkha, gadā, padma) and formless contemplation (awareness as luminous knowing), keeping both anchored in devotion rather than dry abstraction.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: केवलज्ञानरूपेण = केवल-ज्ञान-रूपेण; ज्ञानचक्षुषा = ज्ञान-चक्षुषा
FAQs
“Cakrin” commonly denotes Lord Viṣṇu, famed for bearing the Sudarśana discus (cakra).
It means perceiving the divine not merely through physical sight or imagination, but through discriminative wisdom—realizing the Lord as pure consciousness/knowledge.
The verse signals that meditation on Viṣṇu is taught in two modes; this line specifically highlights the jñāna-oriented mode—contemplating him as pure knowledge. The exact pair of modes is clarified by surrounding verses.