Verse 108

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Preamble: Swamiji has already taught the method of

meditating upon Guru previously. In that, though,it

was said that Guru was the embodiment of the Absolute

Brahmaanandam parama sukhadam, by and by He described

Guru as enthroned on the elevated part of the

lotus-like heart like a divine being (hymn 90) and

then as one wearing white cloth, white sandal paste

and white flowers (hymn 91). In these descriptions

the attributes and forms of Guru are taught as

constituents of the meditation upon Guru. Now

coordinating the means of meditating upon Guru in the

pure path of 'Jnana Yoga' is taught us by Swamiji.

 

Verse 108

 

Paraat parataram dhyaayet

shuddha sphatika sannibham /

Hrudayaakaasha madhyastham

swaamgushta parimaanakam //

 

Guru, who is the incarnation of God and pure as a

crystal, should be imagined as dwelling in the middle

of the sky of heart of the size of thumb and meditated

upon.

 

When it has already been mentioned about the feeling

one should get in the course of meditation, i.e.,

presuming oneself as the Absolute and that one should

see Guru in all the animate and inanimate, where is

the need for this type of meditation?

 

Because, it has been said in the preceding verse, that

in the ordained meditative path of Guru, one should

practice. When we meditate upon Guru, the path that

we should adopt will reveal itself to us. It is for

that purpose this divine initiation. Why should Guru

alone be meditated upon? Because He grants the grace

quicker than others. As Lord Shiva or Shankar has the

quality of giving to others in abundance, He is called

Bhola Shankar. Guru is also likened to Shiva who is

easily and quickly pleased (kshipra prasaaadi), at

several places in this book.

 

 

 

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