THE WORKS OF SANKARA

VIVEKA CHUDAMANI

SLOKAS 491 TO 500

 
d#¾¤:½aEt¤vI³[:    kt¤IBa©I³[¢vI¢B°    evahm¯    ,
¢nÏy¢nrÓtr¢n¢Ý@y¢n:s£masÄñp¥NIbaEdaÏma    .491.  
d#¾¤:½aEt¤vI³[:    from the seer,listener
kt¤IBa©I³[¢vI¢B°    doer, and experiencer
evahm¯    I am different
¢nÏy¢nrÓtr¢n¢Ý@y¢n:s£masÄñp¥NIbaEdaÏma    I am the Essence of
 
491. I am no longer the seer, hearer, speaker, doer, enjoyer. I am without actions, without limits, the one eternal consciousness.
nah¢md|    nahmdaE{Ôy¤ByaErvBask|    pr|    S¤ÑGm¯    ,
ba/a×yÓtrS¥Óy|    p¥NI|    b#'a¢¹t£ymEvahm¯    .492.
 
nah¢md|    I am neither this
nahmdaE{Ôy¤ByaErvBask|    nor that, but the Supreme,
pr|    great
S¤ÑGm¯    pure
ba/a×yÓtrS¥Óy|    devoid of interior or exterior
p¥NI|    and infinite
b#'a¢¹t£ymEvahm¯    I am indeed Brahman, the One
 
492. I am not this or that but the manifester of  both, pure, ever free  from  external or  internal. I  am  Brahman,  One  without  a  second.
 
¢nâpmmna¢dtt¯Ïv|    Ïvmh¢mdmd    i¢t    kÚpnaÑ¥rm¯    ,
¢nÏyanÓdWkrs|    sÏy|    b#'a¢¹t£ymEvahm¯    .493.  
¢nâpmmna¢dtt¯Ïv|    matchless, the Reality that has
Ïvmh¢mdmd    as thou or I, or this or that
i¢t   kÚpnaÑ¥rm¯    beyond such imaginations
¢nÏyanÓdWkrs|    the Essence of Eternal Bliss
sÏy|    the Truth
b#'a¢¹t£ymEvahm¯    I am indeed brahman, the One

493. I  am  Brahman, One without a  second, incomparable, beginningless, free from ideas of I, thou, this or that, free from doubt, ever blissful, one uniform truth.    
narayNaE{h|    nrkaÓtkaE{h|
      p¤raÓtkaE{h|    p¤âxaE{hm£S:    ,
|FÁÓÏ ÅÁÚÁI{GiFF0000G:|FÁÓÏ Þ£ÜW{®2:AKÎfbaEDaE{hmSExsa¢X
      ¢nr£áraE{h|    ¢nrh|    c    ¢nmIm:    .494.  
narayNaE{h|    I am Narayana
nrkaÓtkaE{h|    the slayer of Naraka
p¤raÓtkaE{h|    I am the destroyer of Tripura
p¤âxaE{hm£S:    the Supreme Being, the Ruler
AKÎfbaEDaE{hmSExsa¢X    I am knowledge Absolute, the
¢nr£áraE{h|    I have no other Ruler but my
¢nrh|   c    I am devoid of the ideas of
¢nmIm:    and "Mine".
 
494.I  am  That, the Lord, the  Refuge  of  all, the Destroyer  of sins, the Purusha,  the Supreme, the  indivisible  consciousness, the only controller of  all,  without   ego,  or ideas  of  "me"  and  "mine".  
sv©Ix¤    B¥tEÝvhmEv    s|¢ÞTtaE
      åOanaÏmna{Ótrqb¢hra½y:    sn¯    ,
BaE³a    c    BaEÂy|    ÞvymEv    svI|
      yïÏp¦TÂè¾¢mdÓtya    p¤ra    .495.
 
sv©Ix¤    all
B¥tEÝvhmEv    I alone, in beings
s|¢ÞTtaE    reside
åOanaÏmna{Ótrqb¢hra½y:    as knowledge,being their in
sn¯    there
BaE³a   c    the experiencer
BaEÂy|    and all that is experienced
ÞvymEv    I myself am
svI|    these are
yïÏp¦TÂè¾¢mdÓtya    whatever I looked upon as "this"
p¤ra    previously.
 
495. I exist  as consciousness  in all creatures, the  Self, the  refuge  of  the   external  and the internal, the enjoyer and the enjoyable. I  am all that I saw as  separate before.  
mÙyKÎfs¤KaØBaEDaW    bh^Da    ¢váv£cy:    ,
uÏpïÓtE    ¢vl£yÓtE    mayamaât¢vB#mat¯    .496.  
mÙyKÎfs¤KaØBaEDaW    in me,the ocean of Infinite
bh^Da    different kinds of
¢váv£cy:    the waves of the universe
uÏpïÓtE    are created
¢vl£yÓtE    and destroyed
mayamaât¢vB#mat¯    by the playing of the wind

 
496.The wind  of  Maya it is  that creates these waves  of  the  world in  me   through  ignorance, but they  now dissolve  in the one indivisible  ocean of    consciousness.
 
ÞT¥la¢dBava    m¢y    k¢Úpta    B#madaraE¢ptan¤ÞP[rNEn    laEkW:    ,
kalE    yTa    kÚpkvtSrayNÏvadIy    ¢nÝkl¢n¢vIkÚpE    .497.
 
ÞT¥la¢dBava    such ideas as gross (or subtle)
m¢y    in me
k¢Úpta    imagined
B#ma    are erroneously
daraE¢ptan¤ÞP[rNEn    through the manifestation of
laEkW:    by people
kalE    in time
yTa    just as
kÚpkvtSray    in the indivisible and absolute time, abs
NÏvadIy    seasons etc.,
¢nÝkl¢n¢vIkÚpE    are imagined.
 
497. People  in  ignorance  impute  to  me the three  different   states, gross  or   subtle, just as they  impute  to  Eternity   cycles,  years,  months, weeks,  days,  etc. But  Eternity  is indivisible and unchanged.  
AaraE¢pt|    na½yÑ¥xk|    BvEt¯
      kda¢p    m¥FWr¢tdaExÑ¥¢xtW:    ,
narqd#£kraEÏy¥xr    B¥¢mBag|
      mr£¢ckava¢rmhap#vah:    .498.  
AaraE¢pt|    is superimposed
na½yÑ¥xk|    taint the substratum
BvEt¯    can not
kda¢p    never
m¥FWr¢tdaExÑ¥¢xtW:    by the grossly ignorant fools
narqd#£kraEÏy¥xr    never wets the desert
B¥¢mBag|    tracts
mr£¢ckava¢rmhap#vah:    the great rush of waters observed
 
498. Imputation does not change a  substance. The mirage does not make the desert wet. So such talk is in vain.        
AakaSvÚlEp¢vÑ¥rgaE{hma¢dÏyvëaÞy¢vlXNaE{hm¯    ,
  AhayIv¢°Ïy¢v¢nàlaE{hmmBaE¢DvÏpar¢vv¢jItaE{hm¯    .499..  
AakaSvÚlEp¢vÑ¥rgaE{h    I am beyond contamina
ma¢dÏyvëaÞy¢vlXNaE{hm¯    , I am distinct from things
AhayIv¢°Ïy¢v¢nàlaE{h    I am always motionless
mmBaE¢DvÏpar¢vv¢jItaE{hm¯    I am limitless like the
 
499. I  am  like  the  sky  without limit, like  the  sun,  separate  from  whatever      it  manifests, immovable, a  shoreless ocean. |FÁÓÏ ÅÁÚÁI{GiFF0000G:|FÁÓÏ Þ£ÜW{®2:

n    mE    dEhEn    sØbÓDaE    mEGEnEv    ¢vhays:    ,
At:    k[taE    mE    tÑGmI    jag#t¯Þvp"s¤x¤çOy:    .500.  
n    no
mE    I have
dEhEn    with the body
sØbÓDaE    connection
mEGEnEv    with clouds
¢vhays:    as the sky (has no connection)
At:    so
k[taE    how can
mE    to me
tÑGmI    the states of
jag#t¯Þvp"s¤x¤çOy:    wakefulness,dream,and profound
 
500. I  have  no  connection with  the  body  even as  the  sky  has none  with   the  clouds, so none of  the  attributes of  the body like its three states are  in  me.