{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbg/sbg05.htm","path":"hin/sbg/sbg05.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbg/sbg05.htm","text":"Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentary by Swami Swarupananda, [1909]\nO blessed Mother\n Who showerest (upon us) the nectar of Advaita\n In the form of (these) eighteen chapters!\n Thou Destroyer of rebirth!\n Thou loving Mother!\n Thou Bhagavad-Git\u00e2!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Upon Thee I meditate.\nThee, O Vy\u00e2sa, of lotus-eyes,\n And mighty intellect,\n Who hast lighted the lamp of wisdom\n Filled with the oil of the Mah\u00e2bh\u00e2rata,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thee we salute.\nO Thou who art the Refuge\n Of the (ocean-born) Lakshmi,\n Thou in whose right hand is the shepherd's crook,\n Who art the milker of the divine nectar of the Git\u00e2,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To Thee, O Krishna, to Thee our salutation!\nThe Upanishads are even as the herd of cows,\n The Son of the cowherd as the milker,\n P\u00e2rtha as the sucking-calf,\n And men of purified intellect the drinkers,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Of this, the supreme nectar, the milk of the Git\u00e2.\nThou son of Vasudeva,\n Destroyer of Kamsa and Ch\u00e2nura,\n Thou supreme bliss of Devaki,\n Guru of the Worlds,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thee, O Krishna, as God, we salute!\nOf that great river of battle which the P\u00e2ndavas crossed over,\n Bhishma and Drona were as the high banks;\n And Jayadratha as the water of the river;\n The King of G\u00e2ndh\u00e2ra the water-lily;\n Shalya as the sharks, Kripa as the current;\n Karna the mighty waves;\n Ashvatth\u00e2m\u00e2 and Vikarna dread water-monsters,\n And Duryodhana was the very whirlpool;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But Thou, O Krishna, wast the Ferry-man!\nThis spotless product of the words of Vy\u00e2sa,\n This lotus of the Mah\u00e2bh\u00e2rata,\u2014\n With the Bhagavad-Git\u00e2 as its strong sweet fragrance,\n And tales of heroes as its full-blown petals,\n Held ever open by the talk of Hari, of Him\n Who is destroyer of the taint of Kali-Yuga;\n This lotus to which come joyously\n Day after day the honey-seeking souls,\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0May this produce in us the highest good!\nHim Whose compassion maketh the dumb man eloquent,\n And the cripple to cross mountains,\n Him the All-blissful M\u00e2dhava,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Do I salute!\nTo that Supreme One Who is bodied forth in Brahm\u00e2,\n In Varuna, in Indra, in Rudra and Maruts;\n That One Whom all divine beings praise with hymns;\n Him Whom the singers of S\u00e2ma-Veda tell;\n Him of Whose glory, sing in full choir, The Upanishads and Vedas;\n Him Whom the Yogis see, with mind absorbed in perfect meditation;\n Him of Whom all the hosts of Devas and Asuras\n Know not the limitations,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To Him, the Supreme Good, be salutation,\u2014\n Him we salute. Him we salute. Him we salute.\nxii:* Another rendering of the \"Meditation.\"","title":"Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita: Invocation","type":"page"}