Worship Prescribed for a Devotee of Vishnu

Parvati scud:

1. Tell me the correct way of life of the followers of Vishgu, practising which all men will cross the ocean of worldly existence.

The lord said:

2-9. Here the purification of the devotees of Yishgu is said to be in twelve ways: Smearing the house, similarly approaching Hari (i.e. Vishuu), going round (his idol) with devotion, (lead to) purification of the feet.Taking leaves and flowers with devotion only for the worship of Hari (leads to the purification) of the hands. This purification is the most important of all purifications. Narration of the names, so also of the virtues of god shг1Krishna with devotion, is said to cause the purification of speech. Listen­ing to his account, and witnessing his festival — this is said (to lead to) the proper purification of the ears and eyes. Putting on one’s head the water (used for washing the idol’s) feet, the flowers that had been offered (to the idol), and the garlands (offered to the deity) is said to cause the purification of the head of him who has bowed down before Hari. О dear one, smelling the flowers etc. offered to him (leads to) the purification of the heart, and it is laid down as causing the purification of the nose also. That (place) alone, where there are flowers (and other objects) offered at the couple of feet of Krishna, is purifying in the world, and that (alone) would purify everything.

*Some verses of this charter like 41, 44ff. are not quite clear. Some, e.g. 52b ff. seem to be irrelevant.

10-11. Worship (of Krishna) is said to be of five kinds. Listen from me (i.e. as I tell) the difference in them. I shall, in proper order, describe to you the worship of five kinds, viz. Abhigamana, Upadana, Yoga, Svadhyaya and Ijya. The real approach (to the deity consists in) cleansing the place of the deity, smearing it and removing the flowers that were offered to it.

12a. Upadana (i.e. acquisition) is the collection of sandal, flowers etc.

12b. Yoga (i.e. union) is the thought that the deity of one (i.e. worshipped by one) is oneself (only).

13-14a. Svadhyaya (i.e. self-study) consists in muttering (the deity’s name) with the scrutiny of the meaning of the hymn, reciting Vedic hymns and hymns of praise (of a deity), so also the narration of (the virtues etc. of) Hari. Svadhyaya is also said to be study of branches of knowledge about the (final) truth etc.

14b-16a. Ijya (i.e. worship) is properly worshipping one’s deity. О you of a good vow, I have thus told you the worship of five kinds. According to the occasion I shall in due order tell you about (the worship) that gives equality with the deity, nearness of the deity, residence in the same heaven with the deity, intimate union with the deity, and assimilation to the deity. (I shall also tell you about) the worship of the Salagrama stone.

16b-27. In the hands of Kesava having four hands, are held, in order, a conch, a disc, a mace and a lotus beginning with the right hand, then the upper hand (etc.). The mace-holder is called Keshava. Narayaqa is he who in due order holds the weapons viz. a lotus, a mace, a disc and a conch. Madbava would be (he who holds), in order, a disc, a conch, a lotus and a mace (in bis hands beginning with the right hand, then the upper one...). The mace-holder called Govinda holds a mace, a lotus, a conch and a disc. My salutation to you, of the form of Vishnu, holding a lotus, a conch, a disc and a mace. My salutation (to you) of the form of MadhusQdana, possessing a conch, a lotus, a mace and a disc. My salutation to Trivikrama having a mace, a disc, a conch and a lotus. My salutation (to you) of the form of Vamana having a disc, the Kaumodaki (mace), a lotus and a conch. My salutation (to you) of the form of Shridhara, having a disc, a lotus, a conch and a mace. Salutation to you, О Hr? ikesha, having a disc, a mace, a conch and a lotus. Salutation to your own form of Padmanabha, having a lotus, a conch, a mace and a disc. Salutation to Samkarshapa, having a conch, a lotus, a disc and a mace. О Vasudeva, salutation to you having a disc, a conch, a mace and a lotus. Salutation to him who has taken the form of Pradyumna, having a conch, a disc, a mace, and a lotus. Salu­tation to the form of Purushottama having a lotus, a conch, a mace and a disc. Salutation to (you having) the form of Adhokshaja having a mace, a conch, a disc and a lotus. Salutation (to you) of the form of Nfsimha holding a lotus, a mace, a conch and a disc. Salutation (to you) of the form of Acyuta having a lotus, a disc, a conch and a mace. Salutation (to you) of the form of Shrikftpa having a mace, a lotus, a disc and a conch.

28-43. That is god Shri Gadadhara who is present in the aperture of Salagrama stone, who holds two discs, who has white lines and who is rich in beauty. That is Pushkala, the fore­part, with two discs present and of a red lustre. There is Samkarshapa, so also is Pradyumna. The one having small discs is Pitaka. The round one that is having a long hollow and holes is Aniruddha. The dark one, dark-blue at the aperture and having three lines, is Narayapa. Nfsimha is the one having the lines of the form of a mace, and having a very tall navellotus; he has a big disc. One having three dots is Kapila. (This one) or one having five dots is Kapila. (This one) or one having five dots should be worshipped by a celibate. That is Varaha that has three marks and two uneven circles. Nila has three lines, is having dots, and is big. That is the form of the tortoise. The dark one having circles and eddies, is whitish and has the backside preserved. Shridhara has five lines. Vanamalin is marked with a mace. Vamana is round; one having a disc in the centre is Nilaka. Anantaka is the one that has many colours, many forms and the hood of a serpent. Dark and corpulent is Damodara. The one having a circle in the centre is Nilaka. May he, of a contracting aperature, protect (me). So also Brahrnd, the very red one. The one having a very long line is Sushira; Pfthu is the one having a disc and a lotus. Krishna has a big < lisc and a large hole. Binduman has a dot. Hayagriva has the form of a goad. One having five lines is Kaustubha. Vaikuptha shines spotless. The black one, having one disc, is like the shape of a long lotus, is having a long lotus, is having a long line, and whitish is Matsya. Ramachandra has vertical lines. That one that is dark, is Trivikrama. Salvation to him, staying in the shaJagrama-Dvaraksh, who, marked with one, and having a mace and looking charming, should protect (me). With two (are formed) Lakshmi and Narayapa; with three Trivikrama. With four, the four modes. With five, Vasudeva (is formed). May Pradyumna, with six, and SamkarshaQa with seven, protect (me). Purushottama would be (formed) with eight; the one with nine modes is placed as new. May Anirundha, having the ten incar­nations and with ten, protect (me). The one with twelve souls, with twelve (may protect me). Anantaka has more than this (number). Brahma has four faces, a staff, a water-pitcher and a garland and is tall. Mahesvara has five faces, ten arms and is bull-bannered, and has respective weapons.

44. The mother are Gauri, Сацфка, Sarasvati and MahaLakshmi. Divakara has a lotus in his hand.

45-46. The attendants like Gajasya, Gajaskandha, Saqmukha are of many kinds. They are there, or are installed and if they are worshipped in a palace, a man obtains Dharma, Artha and Kama.

 

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