शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनम् Shantakaram Bhujagashayanam
śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanam
The best-known dhyāna (meditation) verse on Viṣṇu, recited before the Viṣṇu Sahasranāma and in daily worship.
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शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनम्
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शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशंविश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यंवन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥
śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃviśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam |lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhirdhyānagamyaṃvande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ||
Of peaceful form, resting on the serpent, lotus-navelled, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a cloud, of auspicious limbs, beloved of Lakṣmī, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation: I bow to Viṣṇu, remover of the fear of worldly existence, sole Lord of all worlds.
॥ इति शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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