ब्रह्मानन्तयोर्ध्यानकथनम्The meditations of Brahmā and Ananta
Verse 101
हिमकुन्देन्दुधवलः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । सहस्रपाणिवदनो ध्येयोऽनन्तः सुरासुरैः ॥ १०१ ॥
himakundēndudhavalaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sahasrapāṇivadanō dhyēyō’nantaḥ surāsuraiḥ || 101 ||
Translation
Ananta, white as snow, the jasmine and the moon, with a thousand eyes, a thousand feet, a thousand hands and faces, is to be meditated on by gods and asuras alike.
Word by word
- hima
- as snow
- kunda
- the jasmine
- indu
- and the moon
- dhavalaḥ
- (dhavalaḥ) white
- sahasra
- a thousand
- akṣaḥ
- (akṣaḥ) eyed
- pāt
- footed
- pāṇi
- hands
- vadanaḥ
- (vadanaḥ) and faces
- dhyēyaḥ
- (dhyeyaḥ) is to be meditated on
- anantaḥ
- (anantaḥ) Ananta
- sura
- by gods
- asuraiḥ
- (asuraiḥ) and asuras
Meaning
Ananta, the endless serpent who bears the worlds, is pictured like the cosmic Person of the Veda, with countless eyes, feet, hands and faces.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he tells the meditation of Ananta in one verse, "himakundendudhavalaḥ" and the rest.