Shata-shlokI of Shankara - 5,6 of 101

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5.

deha-strI-putra-mitra-anucara-haya-vRshhAs-toshha-hetur-mametthaM

sarve svAyur-nayanti prathita-malam-amI mAmsa-mImAmsay-eha

/

ete jIvanti tena vyavahRti-paTavo yena soubhAgya-bhAjaH

taM prANAdhIsham-antar-gataM-amRtam-amuM naiva-mImAmsayanti

//

 

deha-strI-putra-mitra-anucara-haya-vRshhAH : “The body,

wife, sons, friends, servants, horses and cattle

mama toshha-hetuH: -- these are the sources of my

happiness”

itthaM : thus (imagining),

amI sarve: all these beings

nayanti : spend, lead

svAyuH : their life

iha : on earth

prathitamalaM mAmsa-mImAmsayA : as followers of the

philosophy of flesh.

ete naiva mImAmsayanti : They fail to comprehend

amuM prANAdhIshaM : this Lord of life

antar-gataM : who is immanent

amRtaM : and immortal,

taM yena jIvanti: and, by whom (they) live;

yena vyavahRti-paTavaH : by whom (they) are rendered fit

for worldly transactions

yena soubhAgya-bhAjaH : (and) by whom(they) are endowed

with prosperity.

 

6.

kashcit-kITaH kathamcit-paTumatir-abhitaH kaNTakAnAM

kuTIraM

kurvans-tenaiva sAkaM vyavahRti-vidhaye ceshhTate

yAvad-AyuH /

tadvaj-jIvo’pi nAnA-carita-samuditaiH karmabhiH

sthUla-dehaM

nirmAya-atraiva tishhTan-nanu-dinam-amunA sAkam-abhyeti

bhUmau //

 

kashcit kITaH paTumatiH : A silkworm

kurvan : building

kathamcit : somehow (by its own efforts)

kaNTakAnAM kuTIraM : a cocoon

abhitaH : all around (itself)

tena eva sAkaM : (and) with its help

ceshhTate : moves about

yAvad-AyuH : all its life

vyavahRti-vidhaye : in the discharge of its activities.

tadvad-api : So also

jIvaH : the individual soul

nirmAya : building up

bhUmau : on this earth

sthUla-dehaM : a physical body

karmabhiH : by means of ‘karmas’

nAnA-carita-samuditaiH : accumulated by multifarious (past)

actions

atra eva tishhTan : and remaining there itself

abhyeti : moves about

anudinaM : daily

amunA sAkaM : along with it.

 

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya

profvk

 

 

 

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