THE WORKS OF SANKARA

VIVEKA CHUDAMANI

SLOKAS 91 TO 100

 
ÞT¥lÞy    sØBvjramrNa¢n    DmaI:
ÞTaWÚyadyaE    bh^¢vDa:    ¢SS¤taïvÞTa:    ,
vNaI½ma¢d¢nyma    bh^Da{mya:    Þy¤:
p¥javmanbh^manm¤Ka    ¢vSExa:    ,   91   ,  
ÞT¥lÞy   of the gross body
sØBvjramrNa¢n   birth,decay and death
DmaI:   characteristics
ÞTaWÚyadyaE   as also stoutness etc.,
bh^¢vDa:   the various
¢SS¤taïvÞTa:   childhood etc.,
vNaI½ma¢d¢nyma   various restrictions regarding castes and orders of life
bh^Da{mya:   subject to various diseases
Þy¤::   are the
p¥javmanbh^manm¤Ka   such as worship, insult and high honours
¢vSExa:   with different kinds of treatment

91.   The body passes through the states of birth, growth, change, decay and death.All physical characteristics such as colour, build etc, are those of the body.
b¤Ñ¯D£¢Ód#ya¢N    ½vN|    Ïvg¢X
G#aN|    c    ¢jºa    ¢vxyabbaEDnat¯    ,
vakqpa¢Npada    g¤dmÔy¤pÞT:
km©I¢Ód#ya¢N    p#vNEn    kmIs¤    ,   92   ,  
b¤Ñ¯D£¢Ód#ya¢N    organs of knowledge
½vN|   the ears
Ïvg¢X   skin,eyes
G#aN|   c   nose
¢jºa   tongue
¢vxyabbaEDnat¯   to recognise objects
vakqpa¢Npada   the vocal organs,hands,legs
g¤dmÔy¤pÞT:   the rectum, and the male and female genital organs
km©I¢Ód#ya¢N   organs of action
p#vNEn   owing to their
kmIs¤   tendency to work.
 
92.  Sight,hearing, taste, smell and touch comprise the five senses and the tongue, legs, hands and the organs of secretion and generation are the organs of action.

¢ngïtE{Ót:    krN|    mnaED£
rh|k]¢t¢àäO¢m¢t    Þvv¦¢äO¢B:    ,
mnÞt¤    s|kÚp¢vkÚpna¢d¢B
b¤I¢Ñ¯D:    pdaTaIÒyvsayDmIt:    ,   93   ,
AæOa¢Bmanadh¢mÏyh|k]¢t:      ,
ÞvaTaIn¤sÓDang¤NEn    ¢cäOm¯    ,   94   ,
¢ngïtE{Ót:  krN|   the inner organ (antahkarana)
mnaED£   is called manas, buddhi
rh|k]¢t¢àäO¢m¢t    ego or citta
Þvv¦¢äO¢B:   according to their respective functions
mnÞt¤   manas
s|kÚp¢vkÚpna¢d¢B   considering the pros and cons of a thing
b¤I¢Ñ¯D:   buddhi
pdaTaIÒyvsayDmIt:   from its property of determining the truth of objects
AæOa¢Bmanadh¢mÏyh|k]¢t:    the ego,from its identification with this body as one's own self
ÞvaTaIn¤sÓDang¤NEn   from its function of remembering things it is interested in
¢cäOm¯   citta
 
93-94.  The Buddhi (the determinative/discriminating faculty), the Ahamkara (ego), the mind, and chitta (which takes the impressions) are the four external organs.
p#aNapanÛyanaEdansmana    BvÏysaW    p#aN:    ,
ÞvymEv    v¦¢äOBEda¢¹k]¢tBEdaÏs¤vNIs¢lla¢dvt¯    ,   95   ,  
p#aNapanÛyanaEdansmana   Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana, and Samana
BvÏysaW   becomes one and the same
p#aN:   Prana (vital force )
ÞvymEv   according to
v¦¢äOBEda¢¹k]¢tBEdaÏs¤vNIs¢lla¢dvt¯    their diversity of functions and modifications, like gold, water,etc.,

95.   There are five pranas, which have five functions with different names for each prana. All these comprise the gross body.
vaga¢d       ½vNa¢d   
p#aNa¢d    p·aB#m¤Ka¢n       ,
b¤Ñ¯Dcaï¢vïa¢p    c    kamkmI¢N
p¤yI¾k|    s¥ßmSr£rmah^:    ,   96   ,   ,  
vaga¢d    the five organs of action such as speech
½vNa¢d    the five organs of the knowledge such as the ear
p#aNa¢d   p·aB#m¤Ka¢n    the group of five Pranas the five elements ending with the clearsky
b¤Ñ¯Dcaï¢vïa¢p   c   together with buddhi and the rest as also the absense ofknowledge
kamkmI¢N   desire and action
p¤yI¾k|   these eight "cities" make up
s¥ßmSr£rmah^:   what is called the subtle body.

96.  The subtle body is composed of five organs of feeling, five of action, five pranas, five subtle elements, the Buddhi, (intellect) Avidya (ignorance),Kama (desire),and Karma (work), all comprise the eight `cities' that make up the subtle body.

id|    Sr£r|    ½¦N¤    s¥ßms|¢åOt|
¢lÄñ|    Ïvp·£k]tB¥tsØBvm¯    ,
svasn|    kmIPlan¤Bavk|
ÞvaåOantaE{na¢dâpa¢DraÏmn:    ,   97   ,
 
id|   Sr£r|   this subtle body
½¦N¤   listen
s¥ßms|¢åOt|   called also
¢lÄñ|   the Linga body
Ïvp·£k]tB¥tsØBvm¯    is produced out of the elements before their subdividing and combining with each other
svasn|   is possessed of latent impressions
kmIPlan¤Bavk|   the fruits of its past actions
ÞvaåOantaE{na¢dâpa¢DraÏmn:    It is a beginningless superimposition on the soul brought on by its own ignorance.

97.  The subtle body carries latest impressions of past actions, and causes the soul to experience their effects. This body is ignorant of its real nature.
 
Þvp"aE    BvÏyÞy    ¢vBÀÏYvÞTa
ÞvmaæOSExEN    ¢vBa¢t    yæO    ,
Þvp"E       b¤¢Ñ¯D:    ÞvymEv    jag#t¯
kal£nnana¢vDvasna¢B:    ,   98   ,
kræOa¢dBav|    p#¢tpï    rajtE
yæO    Þvy|    Ba¢t      /y|    praÏma    ,
D£maæOkaEpa¢DrSExsaX£
n    ¢lÔytE    tÏk]tkmIlESW:    ,
yÞmadsÄñÞtt    ev    kmI¢B
nI    ¢lÔytE    ¢k¢·Ñ¤pa¢Dna    k]tW:    ,   99   ,
Þvp"aE   the dream
BvÏyÞy   is a state
¢vBÀÏYvÞTa   of the soul
ÞvmaæOSExEN   distinct from the waking state
¢vBa¢t   yæO   where it shines by itself.
Þvp"E    in dreams
b¤¢Ñ¯D:   buddhi
ÞvymEv   by itself
jag#t¯   of the waking state
kal£nnana¢vDvasna¢B:   owing to various latent impressions
kræOa¢dBav|   on the role of the agent
p#¢tpï   takes
rajtE   shines
yæO   there
Þvy|   in its
Ba¢t   /y|   own glory
praÏma   Atman
D£maæOkaEpa¢DrSExsaX£   with buddhi as Its only superimposition
n   ¢lÔytE   is not touched
tÏk]tkmIlESW:   by the least work that Buddhi does
yÞmadsÄñÞtt  ev   the witness of everything
kmI¢B   by any work
nI   ¢lÔytE   It is wholly unattached
¢k¢·Ñ¤pa¢Dna   k]tW:   that Its superimpositions may perform.

98-99.   The dream  state of   the   soul  is distinct   from   the   waking  state.   The soul   shines all  by   itself.   But in the  dream state, the   buddhi  takes   on   itself the   role   of   the   agent as a result of the  latent   impressions carried over from  the   waking   state. The buddhi is no more than a reflection of   the   supreme  Atman  which shines  in   Its   own   glory,  completely detached, witnessing but uninfluenced by anything  that is done by the  buddhi or any of   Its   super- impositions.
 
svIÛyap¦¢tkrN|    ¢lÄñ¢md|    Þya¢ÅcdaÏmn:    p¤|s:    ,
vaÞya¢dk¢mv    tßNÞtEnWvaÏma    BvÏysÄñaE{ym¯    ,   100   ,  
svIÛyap¦¢tkrN|   for all activities
¢lÄñ¢md|   this subtle body
Þya¢ÅcdaÏmn:   is the instrument
p¤|s:   of the Atman
vaÞya¢dk¢mv   like the chisel and other tools
tßNÞtEnWvaÏma   of a carpenter
BvÏysÄñaE{ym¯   Therefore this Atman is perfectly unattached.

100.Swapna, or the dream state belongs to the subttle body.It experiences subtle objects representing what hass been experienced in the waking state. The supreme inner being is the Atman, and the intellect serves him, but do not affect him as he remains unattached.The intellect is to the Atman what the chisel is to the carpenter.  


PROCEED TO SLOKAS 101 TO 110 -
RETURN TO INDEX OF VIVEKA CHUDAMANI