[Advaita-l] Stages of Devotion

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:07 PM, V Subrahmanian
<v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Here is a verse composed by Sri Madhusudana Saraswati:
>
> ध्यानाभ्यासवशीकृतेन मनसा तन्निर्गुणं निष्क्रियं
> ज्योतिः किञ्चन योगिनो यदि परं पश्यन्ति पश्यन्तु ते ।
> अस्माकं तु तदेव लोचनचमत्काराय भूयाच्चिरं
> कालिन्दीपुलिनोदरे किमपि यन्नीलं महो धावति ॥
>
> // By means of the mind brought under control by the practice of
> meditation, Yogis behold the Supreme Light that is free from attributes and
> activity.  Let them do so.
> But I am quite contented with the vision of the luminous blue deity,
> Krishna, who wanders about the banks of the river KaalindI. //
>
> Does anyone know the work of Sri Madhusudana Saraswati where this
> composition appears?
>
> Om Tat Sat
>

Namaste.

A friend drew my attention to the following link which has a reference to
the above verse:

http://brahmanisone.blogspot.com/2009/08/shloka-from-madhusudana-saraswathis.html

Accordingly, the above verse appears in the introduction to the 13th Chapter
of the Bhagavadgita in Madhusudana Saraswati's 'गूढार्थदीपिका’.

Om Tat Sat