Shri Dattatreya's Teachers - Teacher #7 : Sun

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Namaste,

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:vii:50, 51 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press,

Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #7. Sun -

 

guNaiH guNaan upaadatte yathaa-kaala.n vimu~nchati .

na teshhu yujyate yogii gobhiH gaaH iva gopatiH .. 50..

 

Like the sun sucking the moisture [in summer] and releasing it

[during the monsoons] by its rays, a yogi [engaged in the quest of

the Spirit] enjoys with his senses and parts with them according to

the needs of the moment but is not affected [by the act of enjoyment

or gift].

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budhyate svena bhedena vyaktisthaH iva tat gataH .

lakshyate sthuula-matibhiH aatmaa cha avasthitaH arkavat.h .. 51..

 

[Even] as the sun reflected in a reflecting substance [e.g. a vessel

full of water] is perceived by men of gross understanding differently

[though one and the same] as though existing in the vessel etc., so

is the [one] Self clothed in a vesture [like the body] understtod

differently by those who recognise the physical body as their Self,

though one by Itself.

 

 

Regards,

 

s.