AUM pUrNamadaH pUrNamidaM pUrNAt pUrNamudachyate |

pUrNasya pUrNamAdAya pUrNamevAvashiShyate ||

AUM shA.ntiH shA.ntiH shA.ntiH ||
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AUM IshA vAsyamida{\m+} sarvaM yatki~ncha jagatyAM jagat |
tena tyaktena bhu~njIthA mA gR^idhaH kasyasviddhanam || 1||
kurvanneveha karmANi jijIviShechChata{\m+} samAH |
evaM tvayi nAnyatheto.asti na karma lipyate nare || 2||
asuryA nAma te lokA andhena tamasA.a.avR^itAH |
tA{\m+}ste pretyAbhigachChanti ye ke chAtmahano janAH || 3||
anejadekaM manaso javIyo nainaddevA ApnuvanpUrvamarShat |
taddhAvato.anyAnatyeti tiShThattasminnapo mAtarishvA dadhAti || 4||
tadejati tannaijati taddUre tadvantike |
tadantarasya sarvasya tadu sarvasyAsya bAhyataH || 5||
yastu sarvANi bhUtAnyAtmanyevAnupashyati |
sarvabhUteShu chAtmAna.n tato na vijugupsate || 6||
yasminsarvANi bhUtAnyAtmaivAbhUdvijAnataH |
tatra ko mohaH kaH shoka ekatvamanupashyataH || 7||
na cha ruupaM vinaa dhyaatuM kenapi shakyate ..
sarva ruupa nivR^ittaa hi buddhiH kutraasya tiShThati .
nivR^ittaa glaayate buddhir nidrayaa vaa pariiyate ..
tasmaad vidvaan upaasiita buddhyaa saakaram eva tam .
asti tasya parokSha tad iti ki~Nchid anusmaret ..
sarvathaa akaaram uddiShTa na parityajya paNDitaH ..
##Without a form how can God be meditated upon? If he is completely formless,
where will the mind fix itself? When there is nothing for the mind to attach its
elf to it
will slip away from meditation, or will glide into a state of slumber. Therefore
the
wise will meditate on some form, remembering however that it is an indirect meth
od,
a particularization or indication of that which is completely formless.##