Hari Stutih

हरिस्तुतिः

Haristutiḥ

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Verse 1

स्तोष्ये भक्त्या विष्णुमनादिं जगदादिं यस्मिन्नेतत्संसृतिचक्रं भ्रमतीत्थम् । यस्मिन् दृष्टे नश्यति तत्संसृतिचक्रं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥१॥

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स्तोष्ये भक्त्या विष्णुमनादिं जगदादिं यस्मिन्नेतत्संसृतिचक्रं भ्रमतीत्थम् ।: With devotion I shall praise Vishnu, the beginningless one, the world's origin, in whom this wheel of samsara revolves thus.
यस्मिन् दृष्टे नश्यति तत्संसृतिचक्रं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥१॥: By seeing whom that wheel of samsara is destroyed - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

The wheel of becoming turns only in the Lord who is also its ground; to see Him is to see that the cycle never truly bound the Self. Praise of Hari turns the mind from the revolving world toward the still awareness in which birth and death appear and vanish.

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Verse 2

यस्यैकांशादित्थमशेषं जगदेतत् प्रादुर्भूतं येन पिनद्धं पुनरित्थम् । येन व्याप्तं येन विबुद्धं सुखदुःखैस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥२॥

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यस्यैकांशादित्थमशेषं जगदेतत् प्रादुर्भूतं येन पिनद्धं पुनरित्थम् ।: From a single portion of whom this entire world thus arose, by whom it is woven together again thus.
येन व्याप्तं येन विबुद्धं सुखदुःखैस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥२॥: By whom it is pervaded, by whom it is known through pleasure and pain - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

The world arises from a fraction of the Lord yet He remains whole, for manifestation does not divide consciousness. What is pervaded and known as pleasure and pain is ultimately known only in the one Self that is Hari.

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Verse 3

सर्वज्ञो यो यश्च हि सर्वः सकलो यो यश्चानन्दोऽनन्तगुणो यो गुणधामा । यश्चाव्यक्तो व्यस्तसमस्तः सदसद्यस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥३॥

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सर्वज्ञो यो यश्च हि सर्वः सकलो यो यश्चानन्दोऽनन्तगुणो यो गुणधामा ।: Who is all-knowing, who is indeed all, complete, who is bliss, of endless qualities, the abode of qualities.
यश्चाव्यक्तो व्यस्तसमस्तः सदसद्यस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥३॥: Who is unmanifest, dispersed and gathered, the real and the unreal - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

Hari is all-knowledge, all beings, and bliss itself, yet also the unmanifest in which the many and the one are resolved. The distinction of real and unreal holds only in appearance; in the Lord both dissolve into non-dual awareness.

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Verse 4

यस्मादन्यन्नास्त्यपि नैवं परमार्थं दृश्यादन्यो निर्विषयज्ञानमयत्वात् । ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयविहीनोऽपि सदा ज्ञस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥४॥

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यस्मादन्यन्नास्त्यपि नैवं परमार्थं दृश्यादन्यो निर्विषयज्ञानमयत्वात् ।: Than whom nothing else exists as ultimately real, other than the seen, because He is of objectless knowledge.
ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयविहीनोऽपि सदा ज्ञस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥४॥: Though devoid of knower, knowledge, and known, ever pure consciousness - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

Nothing apart from Hari is ultimately real, for He is consciousness without object. Beyond the triad of knower, knowing, and known, the Self shines always as pure knowing itself.

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Verse 5

आचार्येभ्यो लब्धसुसूक्ष्माच्युततत्त्वा वैराग्येणाभ्यासबलाच्चैव द्रढिम्ना । भक्त्यैकाग्र्यध्यानपरा यं विदुरीशं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥५॥

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आचार्येभ्यो लब्धसुसूक्ष्माच्युततत्त्वा वैराग्येणाभ्यासबलाच्चैव द्रढिम्ना ।: Having received the subtle truth of Achyuta from teachers, through dispassion, through the strength of practice and firmness.
भक्त्यैकाग्र्यध्यानपरा यं विदुरीशं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥५॥: Devoted to one-pointed meditation and bhakti, they who know the Lord - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

The subtle teaching received from the guru, joined with dispassion and steady practice, turns the mind one-pointed toward the Lord. Such devotion is not other than the Self's own turning inward to recognize Hari as one's own being.

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Verse 6

प्राणानायम्योमिति चित्तं हृदि रुद्ध्वा नान्यत् स्मृत्वा तत्पुनरत्रैव विलाप्य । क्षीणे चित्ते भादृशिरस्मीति विदुर्यं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥६॥

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प्राणानायम्योमिति चित्तं हृदि रुद्ध्वा नान्यत् स्मृत्वा तत्पुनरत्रैव विलाप्य ।: Restraining the breath, fixing the mind in the heart with Om, remembering nothing else, merging it again right here.
क्षीणे चित्ते भादृशिरस्मीति विदुर्यं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥६॥: When thought subsides, knowing 'I am That' - Him whom the wise know, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

With breath restrained and mind fixed on Om in the heart, thought dissolves and the truth 'I am That' shines forth. Hari praised here is the Self revealed when the mind's modifications cease.

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Verse 7

यं ब्रह्माख्यं देवमनन्यं परिपूर्णं हृत्स्थं भक्तैर्लभ्यमजं सूक्ष्ममतर्क्यम् । ध्यात्वात्मस्थं ब्रह्मविदो यं विदुरीशं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥७॥

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यं ब्रह्माख्यं देवमनन्यं परिपूर्णं हृत्स्थं भक्तैर्लभ्यमजं सूक्ष्ममतर्क्यम् ।: Whom they call Brahman, the one incomparable God, full, dwelling in the heart, attainable by devotees, unborn, subtle, beyond reasoning.
ध्यात्वात्मस्थं ब्रह्मविदो यं विदुरीशं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥७॥: Meditating as established in the Self, the knowers of Brahman who know the Lord - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

Hari called Brahman is the fullness in the heart, subtle and unborn, reached not by argument but by abiding as the Self. The seers of Brahman know the Lord by meditating on Him as their own innermost being.

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Verse 8

मात्रातीतं स्वात्मविकासात्मविबोधं ज्ञेयातीतं ज्ञानमयं हृद्युपलभ्यम् । भावग्राह्यानन्दमनन्यं च विदुर्यं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥८॥

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मात्रातीतं स्वात्मविकासात्मविबोधं ज्ञेयातीतं ज्ञानमयं हृद्युपलभ्यम् ।: Beyond measure, self-luminous awareness unfolding as one's own Self, beyond the knowable, made of knowledge, realized in the heart.
भावग्राह्यानन्दमनन्यं च विदुर्यं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥८॥: Bliss grasped by feeling, one without a second, whom they know - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

Beyond all measure and object of knowledge, Hari is the self-luminous bliss realized in the heart. The non-dual joy that feeling alone can touch is none other than the Self that destroys the darkness of worldly illusion.

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Verse 9

यद्यद्वेद्यं वस्तुसतत्त्वं विषयाख्यं तत्तद्ब्रह्मैवेति विदित्वा तदहं च । ध्यायन्त्येवं यं सनकाद्या मुनयोऽजं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥९॥

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यद्यद्वेद्यं वस्तुसतत्त्वं विषयाख्यं तत्तद्ब्रह्मैवेति विदित्वा तदहं च ।: Whatever knowable thing, whatever object named, knowing each to be Brahman alone, and 'I am That' too.
ध्यायन्त्येवं यं सनकाद्या मुनयोऽजं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥९॥: Thus meditating on whom, the sages Sanaka and others, on the unborn - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

Every perceived object is Brahman, and the seer too is That; this is the meditation of sages like Sanaka. Seeing Hari in all things and as the Self dissolves the subject-object split that sustains samsara.

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Verse 10

यद्यद्वेद्यं तत्तदहं नेति विहाय स्वात्मज्योतिर्ज्ञानमयानन्दमवाप्य । तस्मिन्नस्मीत्यात्मविदो यं विदुरीशं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥१०॥

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यद्यद्वेद्यं तत्तदहं नेति विहाय स्वात्मज्योतिर्ज्ञानमयानन्दमवाप्य ।: Rejecting whatever is knowable with 'not this, not this,' attaining the self-light of bliss made of knowledge.
तस्मिन्नस्मीत्यात्मविदो यं विदुरीशं तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥१०॥: Resting in 'I am in That,' the knowers of the Self who know the Lord - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

By neti neti the seeker strips away every object until only self-luminous bliss remains, and knows 'I am That.' The Lord known to the Self-realized is the awareness in which no second thing can stand.

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Verse 11

हित्वाहित्वा दृश्यमशेषं सविकल्पं मत्वा शिष्टं भादृशिमात्रं गगनाभम् । त्यक्त्वा देहं यं प्रविशन्त्यच्युतभक्तास्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥११॥

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हित्वाहित्वा दृश्यमशेषं सविकल्पं मत्वा शिष्टं भादृशिमात्रं गगनाभम् ।: Leaving, leaving all the seen with its distinctions, regarding what remains as That alone, sky-like.
त्यक्त्वा देहं यं प्रविशन्त्यच्युतभक्तास्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥११॥: Abandoning the body, into whom the devotees of the imperishable enter - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

When all perceived distinctions are abandoned, only the sky-like Self remains, and the devotee enters the imperishable Lord even while leaving the body. Entry into Hari is not going elsewhere but recognizing the space of consciousness that was never confined.

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Verse 12

सर्वत्रास्ते सर्वशरीरी न च सर्वः सर्वं वेत्त्येवेह न यं वेत्ति च सर्वः । सर्वत्रान्तर्यामितयेत्थं यमयन्यस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥१२॥

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सर्वत्रास्ते सर्वशरीरी न च सर्वः सर्वं वेत्त्येवेह न यं वेत्ति च सर्वः ।: He dwells everywhere, is the Self of all bodies, yet is not all; He indeed knows all, yet is not known by all.
सर्वत्रान्तर्यामितयेत्थं यमयन्यस्तं संसारध्वान्तविनाशं हरिमीडे ॥१२॥: Thus as the indwelling Lord everywhere, whom others know - Him, destroyer of samsara's darkness, Hari, I praise.

Hari is the indwelling Self of all, knowing everything yet unknown to the many who take themselves to be only the body. To praise Him as antaryamin is to turn toward the witness consciousness that illumines every experience without being an object among them.

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