यद्गत्वा न निवर्तन्ते शान्ताः सन्न्यासिनोऽमलाः ॥२२॥
इति ते संयतात्मानः समाहितधियोऽमलाः ।
उपतस्थुर्हृषीकेशं विनिद्रा वायुभोजनाः ॥२३॥
tasyai namo 'stu kÄá¹£á¹hÄyai
yatrÄtmÄ harir Ä«Å›varaḥ
yad gatvÄ na nivartante
Å›ÄntÄḥ sannyÄsino 'malÄḥ
iti te saá¹yatÄtmÄnaḥ
samÄhita-dhiyo 'malÄḥ
upatasthur hṛṣīkeÅ›aá¹
vinidrÄ vÄyu-bhojanÄḥ
tasyai - unto that; namaḥ - our respectful obeisances; astu - let there be; kÄá¹£á¹hÄyai - direction; yatra - wherein; ÄtmÄ - the Supersoul; hariḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Ä«Å›varaḥ - the supreme controller; yat - which; gatvÄ - approaching; na - never; nivartante - return; Å›ÄntÄḥ - peaceful; sannyÄsinaḥ - saintly persons in the renounced order of life; amalÄḥ - pure; iti - thus; te - they; saá¹yata-ÄtmÄnaḥ - having controlled minds; samÄhita - steadied; dhiyaḥ - intelligences; amalÄḥ - purified; upatasthuḥ - worshiped; hṛṣīkeÅ›am - the master of the senses; vinidrÄḥ - without sleeping; vÄyu-bhojanÄḥ - eating only air.
“Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto that direction where the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated, where those purified souls in the renounced order of life, the great saintly persons, go, and from which, having gone, they never return.†Without sleep, fully controlling their minds, and living on only their breath, the predominating deities of the various planets began worshiping Hṛṣīkeśa with this meditation.
The two words tasyai kÄá¹£á¹hÄyai are very significant. Everywhere, in every direction, in every heart and in every atom, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in His features as Brahman and ParamÄtmÄ. Then what is the purpose of saying tasyai kÄá¹£á¹hÄyai — “in that direction where Hari is situatedâ€? During HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu’s time, his influence was everywhere, but he could not force his influence into the places where the Supreme Personality of Godhead had His pastimes. For example, on this earth there are such places as Vá¹›ndÄvana and AyodhyÄ, which are called dhÄmas. In the dhÄma, there is no influence from Kali-yuga or any demon. If one takes shelter of such a dhÄma, worship of the Lord becomes very easy, and resultant spiritual advancement quickly takes place. In fact, in India one may still go to Vá¹›ndÄvana and similar places to achieve the results of spiritual activities quickly.
