THE WORKS OF SANKARA
VIVEKA CHUDAMANI
SLOKAS 541 TO 550
kama¢°Ýkamã¢p
s|àrÏyEkcraE
m¤¢n:
,
ÞvaÏmnWv
sda
t¤¾:
Þvy|svaIÏmna
¢ÞTt: .
541 .
kama¢°Ýkamã¢p |
he who eats
what he wants and he
who takes forms as he
likes |
s|àrÏyEkcraE |
living alone, wanders |
ÞvaÏmnWv |
with his
own self |
Þvy|svaIÏmna |
being the very
embodiment of desirelessness |
¢ÞTt: |
and himself present
as the All! |
541. He wanders in the world, living
in all, thoughtful, alone, always content in the Self,
and free from all desire.
Àv¢cÓm¥FaE
¢v¹an¯
Àv¢cd¢p
mharaj¢vBv:
Àv¢cdqB#aÓt:
saWØy:
Àv¢cdjgracark¢lt:
,
Àv¢cÏpaæO£B¥t:
Àv¢cdvmt:
ÀvaÔya¢v¢dtàrÏyEv|
p#aåOa:
sttprmanÓds¤¢Kt:
. 542 .
Àv¢cÓm¥FaE |
sometimes as a
fool |
mharaj¢vBv: |
sometimes possessed of
regal splendour |
Àv¢cdqB#aÓt: |
sometimes wandering |
saWØy: |
sometimes wearing a
benignant expression |
Àv¢cdjgracark¢lt: |
sometimes behaving like
a motionless python |
Àv¢cÏpaæO£B¥t:
|
sometimes honoured |
Àv¢cdvmt: |
sometimes insulted |
ÀvaÔya¢v¢dt |
sometimes unknown |
p#aåOa: |
man of realization |
sttprmanÓds¤¢Kt: |
ever happy with
Supreme Bliss. |
542. He appears differently
at different times, like a king, a fool, a wise
man,a person of mesmeric power, respected, derided, -- but all times
in a state of bliss.
¢nDInaE{¢p
sda
t¤¾aE{ÔyshayaE
mhabl: ,
¢nÏyt¦çOaE{ÔyB¤¸anaE{Ôysm:
smdSIn:
. 543 .
¢nDInaE{¢p |
though without riches,yet |
t¤¾aE{ÔyshayaE |
though helpless,yet very |
¢nÏyt¦çOaE{ÔyB¤¸anaE{Ôysm:
|
though not enjoying
the senseobjects,yet eternally satisfied |
smdSIn: |
though without an
exemplar,yet looking upon all with
aneye of equality |
A¢p
k[vI°k[vaINàaBaE³a
PlBaEÂy¢p
,
Sr£yIÔySr£y©Ix
p¢r¢ÅC°aE{¢p
svIg:
. 544 .
k[vI°k[vaINàaBaE³a |
doing, yet inactive;though
experiencing |
PlBaEÂy¢p |
fruits of past
actions |
Sr£yIÔySr£y©Ix |
yet untouched by
them |
p¢r¢ÅC°aE{¢p |
though possessed of
a body, yet without identification
with it |
svIg: |
though limited,yet omnipresent
is He. |
ASr£r|
sda
sÓt¢mm|
b#'¢vd|
Àv¢ct¯ ,
¢p#ya¢p#yE
n
Þp¦StÞtTWv
c
S¤BaS¤BE , 545
,
ASr£r| |
who lives without
the bodyidea |
¢p#yap#yE |
pleasure nor pain |
n
Þp¦StÞtTWv
c |
ever touches |
S¤BaS¤BE |
nor good nor
evil |
543-44-45. With no wealth, yet content,
helpless yet full of power, seeing equality everywhere, acting yet doing
nothing, reaping the results of actions without enjoyment, living in but not
identifying with the body, the knower of Brahman is unaffected by pleasure
or pain, good or evil.
ÞT¥la¢dsØbÓDvtaE{¢Bma¢nn:
s¤K|
c
Ѥ:K| c
S¤BaS¤BE
c ,
¢vÒvÞtbÓDÞy
sdaÏmnaE
m¤nE:
k[t:
S¤B|
va{ÔyS¤B|
Pl| va
. 546 .
ÞT¥la¢dsØbÓDvtaE{¢Bma¢nn:
|
affects only him
who has connections with the
grossbody etc. |
S¤BaS¤BE c |
or good or
evil |
¢vÒvÞtbÓDÞy |
shattered his bondage |
sdaÏmnaE |
who has identified
himself with the Reality |
546. Having broken all connections
with the body, and identified with the Self,
where can there be good, evil, or other results
for him?
tmsa
g#Þtvëanadg#ÞtaE{¢p
r¢vjInW:
,
g#Þt
iÏy¤ÅytE
B#aÓÏya
/åOaÏva
vÞt¤lXNm¯
. 547 .
g#Þtvëanadg#ÞtaE{¢p |
which appears to
be,but is not actually,swallowed |
r¢vjInW: |
the sun,by people |
B#aÓÏya |
on account of
delution |
vÞt¤lXNm¯ |
the real nature
of the sun. |
547. The ignorant say
thedragon has
swallowed the Sun, when the earth's shadow eclipses it.
t¹êEha¢dbÓDE×yaE
¢vm¤³|
b#'¢väOmm¯
,
pÜy¢Ót
dE¢hvÓm¥Fa:
Sr£raBasdSInat¯
. 548 .
t¹êEha¢dbÓDE×yaE |
similarly, of bondages
of the body etc |
b#'¢väOmm¯ |
the perfect knower
of Brahman |
dE¢hvÓm¥Fa: |
ignorant people |
Sr£raBasdSInat¯ |
as possessed of
the body, seeing but an appearance
of it. |
548. Likewise, the fool mistakes
the knower of Brahman for his body,
though the latter is free from the
bondages of the body.
A¢h¢nIl¯rqvyn£|
vay|
m¤?va
dEh| t¤
¢t¿¢t
,
itÞttàaÚymanaE
y¢Ïk¢·t¯p#aNvay¤na
. 549 .
A¢h¢nIl¯rqvyn£| |
like the snake
its slough |
itÞttàaÚymanaE |
and the body
is moved hither and thither |
y¢Ïk¢·t¯p#aNvay¤na
|
by the force
of the Prana, just as it
listeth |
549. He remains with
the body like the skin shed bby the snake,
but moves due to the force of the Prana.
*aEtsa
n£ytE
daã
yTa ¢nØnaE°tÞTlm¯
,
dWvEn
n£ytE
dEhaE
yTakalaEpB¤¢³x¤: .
550 .
¢nØnaE°tÞTlm¯ |
to a high
or a low ground |
dWvEn |
by the momentum
of past actions |
yTakalaEpB¤¢³x¤: |
as these present
themselves in due course |
550. The body of the knower
of Brahman is led by the will of
the Lord to experience what comes his way, according to his
past actions, as a log of wood is carried by the water currents in
high or low places.
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