Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam · शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं

The Sanskrit meditation verse on Vishnu, peaceful, resting on the serpent, recited before Vishnu worship.

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शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।शान्ताकारं भुजग शयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं विश्वाधारं गगन सदृशं मेघ वर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।shantakaram bhujaga shayanam padmanabham suresham vishwadharam gagana sadrisham megha varnam shubhangam |लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिहृद्ध्यानगम्यम् वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमल नयनं योगि हृद् ध्यान गम्यम् वन्दे विष्णुं भव भय हरं सर्व लोकैक नाथम् ॥lakshmikantam kamala nayanam yogi hrid dhyana gamyam vande vishnum bhava bhaya haram sarva lokaika natham ||
śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam । lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogihṛddhyānagamyam vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ॥
मैं उन विष्णु को प्रणाम करता हूँ, जो शांत स्वरूप हैं, शेषनाग पर शयन करते हैं, जिनकी नाभि में कमल है, जो देवताओं के स्वामी, विश्व के आधार, आकाश के समान व्यापक, मेघ के समान श्याम और शुभ अंगों वाले हैं; जो लक्ष्मी के प्रिय, कमल-नयन, योगियों के हृदय में ध्यान से प्राप्त होने वाले, संसार के भय को हरने वाले और सब लोकों के एकमात्र स्वामी हैं।
I bow to Vishnu, peaceful in form, resting on the serpent, with a lotus at his navel, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a cloud, of auspicious body; beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached in meditation in the hearts of yogis, who removes the fear of worldly existence, the one lord of all the worlds.

About this text

Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam is a Sanskrit dhyana (meditation) verse on Vishnu. It pictures him peaceful in form, resting on the serpent Shesha, with a lotus at his navel, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a cloud, with an auspicious body, the beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation, and ends with a salutation to Vishnu, who removes the fear of worldly existence. It is recited among the dhyana verses at the start of the Vishnu Sahasranama. Editions differ on one word: 'reached by yogis in meditation' (योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं) or 'reached through meditation in the heart of yogis' (योगिहृद्ध्यानगम्यम्), the reading followed here.