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    Viṣṇu Smṛti

    Chapter 97

    Viṣṇu

    Vi_97

    ūrusthottānacaraṇaḥ savye kare karam itaraṃ nyasya tālusthācalajihvo dantair dantān asaṃspṛśan svaṃ nāsikāgraṃ paśyan diśaś cānavalokayan vibhīḥ praśāntātmā caturviṃśatyā tattvair vyatītaṃ cintayet // Vi_97.1 //

    nityam atīndriyam aguṇaṃ śabdasparśarūparasagandhātītaṃ sarvajñam atisthūlam // Vi_97.2 //

    sarvagam atisūkṣmam // Vi_97.3 //

    sarvataḥpāṇipādaṃ sarvato 'kṣiśiromukhaṃ sarvataḥ sarvendriyaśaktim // Vi_97.4 //

    evaṃ dhyāyet // Vi_97.5 //

    dhyānaniratasya ca saṃvatsareṇa yogāvirbhāvo bhavati // Vi_97.6 //

    atha nirākāre lakṣabandhaṃ kartuṃ na śaknoti, tadā pṛthivyaptejovāyvākāśamanobuddhyātmāvyaktapuruṣāṇāṃ pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ dhyātvā tatra labdhalakṣaḥ tatparityajyāparam aparaṃ dhyāyet // Vi_97.7 //

    evaṃ puruṣadhyānam ārabheta // Vi_97.8 //

    tatrāpy asamarthaḥ svahṛdayapadmasya avāṅmukhasya madhye dīpavat puruṣaṃ dhyāyet // Vi_97.9 //

    tatrāpy asamartho bhagavantaṃ vāsudevaṃ kirīṭinaṃ kuṇḍalinam aṅgadinaṃ śrīvatsāṅkaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitoraskaṃ saumyarūpaṃ caturbhujaṃ śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadharaṃ caraṇamadhyagatabhuvaṃ dhyāyet // Vi_97.10 //

    yad dhyāyati tad āpnotīti dhyānaguhyam // Vi_97.11 //

    tasmāt sarvam eva kṣaraṃ tyaktvā akṣaram eva dhyāyet // Vi_97.12 //

    na ca puruṣaṃ vinā kiṃcid apy akṣaram asti // Vi_97.13 //

    taṃ prāpya mukto bhavati // Vi_97.14 //

    puram ākramya sakalaṃ śete yasmān mahāprabhuḥ /

    tasmāt puruṣa ity evaṃ procyate tattvacintakaiḥ || Vi_97.15 ||

    prāgrātrāpararātreṣu yogī nityam atandritaḥ /

    dhyāyeta puruṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇaṃ pañcaviṃśakam || Vi_97.16 ||

    tattvātmānam agamyaṃ ca sarvatattvavivarjitam /

    aśaktaṃ sarvabhṛc caiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca || Vi_97.17 ||

    bahir antaś ca bhūtānām acaraṃ caram eva ca /

    sūkṣmatvāt tadavijñeyaṃ dūrasthaṃ cāntike ca tat || Vi_97.18 ||

    avibhaktaṃ ca bhūtena vibhaktam iva ca sthitam /

    bhūtabhavyabhavadrūpaṃ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca || Vi_97.19 ||

    jyotiṣām api tajjyotis tamasaḥ param ucyate /

    jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ hṛdi sarvasya dhiṣṭhitam || Vi_97.20 ||

    iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ /

    madbhakta etadvijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate || Vi_97.21 ||