THE WORKS OF SANKARA
VIVEKA CHUDAMANI
SLOKAS 381 TO 390
etm¢ÅC°ya
v¦äya
p#ÏyyaÓtrS¥Óyya
,
uÚlEKy¢Óvjan£yat¯ÞvÞvãptya
ÞP[zm¯
. 381 .
etm¢ÅC°ya |
on this Atman
continuously |
p#ÏyyaÓtrS¥Óyya |
and without any
foreign thought intervening |
uÚlEKy¢Óvjan£yat¯ÞvÞvãptya
|
one must realize
It to be one's real Self |
381. Constant thought on Brahman without
break will let you know Brahman as completely as
your own self.
AæOaÏmÏv|
èF£k[vI°hma¢dx¤s|Ïyjn¯
,
udas£ntya
tEx¤
¢t¿Et¯
ÞP[zGza¢dvt¯
. 382 .
AæOaÏmÏv| |
one's identification with
This |
èF£k[vI°hma¢dx¤s|Ïyjn¯
|
strengthening and giving
up that with egoism and
the rest |
udas£ntya |
without any concern |
ÞP[zGza¢dvt¯ |
like a cracked
jar or the like |
382. Giving up all ego, you establish
yourself in this Atman and remain there, indifferent to the body as one
is indifferent to a broken jar.
PERCEIVING THE
SELF
¢vS¤Ñ¯DmÓt:krN|
ÞvãpE
¢nvEÜy
sa¢XÎyvbaEDmaæOE
,
SnW:
SnW¢nIàltam¤panyn¯
p¥NI|
ÞvmEvan¤¢vlaEkyEäOt:
. 383 .
¢vS¤Ñ¯DmÓt:krN| |
the purified mind
in the Self |
sa¢XÎyvbaEDmaæOE |
the Witness,the Knowledge
Absolute |
SnW¢nIàltam¤panyn¯ |
it still |
ÞvmEvan¤¢vlaEkyEäOt: |
one must then
realize one's own |
383. With purity of heart and the self
established in the Atman, the pure consciousness, which is the witness
of all, you will be quiet and will see the fullness of the Atman everywhere.
dEhE¢Ód#yp#aNmnaE{hma¢d¢B:
ÞvaåOan²¦çOWr¢KlWâpa¢D¢B:
,
¢vm¤³maÏmanmKÎfãp|
p¥NI|
mhakaS¢mvavlaEkyEt¯
. 384 .
dEhE¢Ód#yp#aNmnaE{hma¢d¢B:
|
such as the
body, organs, Pranas manas,and egoism |
ÞvaåOan²¦çOWr¢KlWâpa¢D¢B:
|
which are creations
of one's own ignorance |
¢vm¤³maÏmanmKÎfãp|
|
one should behold
the Atman, the Indivisible free
fromall limiting adjuncts |
mhakaS¢mvavlaEkyEt¯ |
should see like
the infinite sky |
384. Know the Atman to be indivisible,
perfect and all-pervasive while the body, senses, name, form, all come from
ignorance of the Self.
GzklSk[s¥ls¥¢cm¤ÁyW
gIgnm¤pa¢DStW¢vIm¤³mEkm¯
,
Bv¢t
n
¢v¢vD|
tTWv S¤Ñ¯D|
prmhma¢d
¢vm¤³mEkmEv
. 385 .
GzklSk[s¥ls¥¢cm¤ÁyW
|
such as ajar,a
pitcher, a receptacle for grains or
a needle |
gIgnm¤pa¢DStW¢vIm¤³mEkm¯
|
the sky divested
of the hundreds of limiting adjuncts |
prmhma¢d |
when divested of
egoism etc |
¢vm¤³mEkmEv |
is verily One |
385. Space within pots of
different names and
forms remains the same space, so too does the one Atman seen
to be many in different bodies.
b#'a¢dÞtØbpyIÓta
m¦xamaæOa
upaDy:
tt:
p¥NI|
ÞvmaÏman|
pÜyEdEkaÏmna ¢ÞTtm¯
. 386 .
b#'a¢dÞtØbpyIÓta |
from Brahma down
to a clump of grass |
pÜyEdEkaÏmna |
should realize as
the only |
386. All upadhis from Brahma
down to a blade of grass are unreal.
Being one with the Atman, you see
the Atman
everywhere.
yæOB#aÓÏya
k¢Úpt|
t¢¹vEkE
täOÓmaæO|
nWv
tÞma¢¹¢B°m¯
,
B#aÓtEnaISE
Ba¢t
d{¾a¢htt¯Ïv|
rÇj¤Þt¹¢¹ámaÏmÞvãpm¯
. 387 .
yæOB#aÓÏya |
is imagined to
exist through error |
k¢Úpt| |
that in which
something |
t¢¹vEkE |
is, when rightly
discriminated |
täOÓmaæO| |
that, thing itself |
tÞma¢¹¢B°m¯ |
distinct from it |
B#aÓtEnaISE |
when the error
is gone |
d{¾a¢htt¯Ïv| |
about the snake
falsely |
rÇj¤Þt¹¢¹ámaÏmÞvãpm¯
|
perceived becomes the
rope; similarly the universe isin
|
387. What appears as true is
not seen after discrimination, but it merges into the Reality. The world
is nothing but the Atman, just as we find the snake to be nothing but the
rope.
Þvy|
b#'a
Þvy|
¢vÝN¤:
Þvy¢mÓd#:
Þvy| ¢Sv:
,
Þvy|
¢vá¢md|
svI|
ÞvÞmadÓy°
¢k·n .
388 .
Þvy|
b#'a |
the Self is
Brahma |
Þvy|
¢vÝN¤: |
the Self is
Vishnu |
Þvy¢mÓd#: |
the Self is
Indra |
Þvy|
¢Sv: |
the Self is
Siva |
Þvy|
¢vá¢md| |
the Self is
the universe |
ÞvÞmadÓy° |
except the Self |
388. I am the Creator,
Preserver, Indra, the Enjoyer and also the Destroyer. I am
All, and there is nothing except
my own self.
AÓt:
Þvy|
ca¢p
b¢h: Þvy|
c
Þvy|
p¤rÞtat¯
ÞvymEv
pàat¯ ,
Þvy|
/vaÅya|
ÞvymÔy¤d£Åya|
tTaEp¢r¾at¯
ÞvymÔyDÞtat¯
. 389 .
Þvy|
p¤rÞtat¯ |
the Self is
before |
ÞvymEv
pàat¯ |
and the Self
is behind |
Þvy|
/vaÅya| |
the Self is
in the south |
ÞvymÔy¤d£Åya| |
and the Self
is in the north |
tTaEp¢r¾at¯ |
likewise is above |
ÞvymÔyDÞtat¯ |
the Self, and
also below |
389. I am all that is internal, external,
above, below, before, and after.
svI|
ÞvãpEN
jl|
yTa tTa
,
¢cdEv
dEhaïhmÓtmEtt¯
svI|
¢cdEvWkrs|
¢vS¤Ñ¯Dm¯ .
390 .
trÄñPEnB#mb¤dqb¤da¢d
|
as the wave,the
foam,the whirlpool,the bubble,etc. |
¢cdEv |
Cit (Knowledge Absolute)
is all this |
dEhaïhmÓtmEtt¯ |
from the body
up to egoism |
¢cdEvWkrs| |
is verily the
Cit |
¢vS¤Ñ¯Dm¯ |
of the same
kind and pure |
390. Wave, foam, bubble
are all but the same water. So too the body and
all else are nothing but the same consciousness.
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