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Vishnu Bhujanga Prayata Stotram
विष्णुभुजङ्गप्रयातस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇubhujaṅgaprayātastotram
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चिदंशं विभुं निर्मलं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं निराकारमोङ्कारगम्यम् गुणातीतमव्यक्तमेकं तुरीयं परं ब्रह्म यं वेद तस्मै नमस्ते ॥१॥
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Word breakdown
- चिदंशं विभुं निर्मलं निर्विकल्पं
- A portion of consciousness, all-pervading, pure, without division,
- निरीहं निराकारमोङ्कारगम्यम्
- without effort, without form, reachable through Om,
- गुणातीतमव्यक्तमेकं तुरीयं
- beyond the gunas, unmanifest, one, the fourth state,
- परं ब्रह्म यं वेद तस्मै नमस्ते
- supreme Brahman whom the Vedas know - to Him, salutations.
Vishnu praised here is pure consciousness beyond form, reached through Om and known as turiya, the fourth. Salutation to the supreme Brahman of the Vedas is recognition that the Lord and the Self are not two.
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