Shata-shlokI of Shankara -27,28 of 101

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27.

Ekas-tatr-Asty-asangas-tadanu tad-aparo’jnAna-sindhuM

pravishhTo

vismRty-Atma-svarUpaM sa

vividha-jagad-AkAram-AbhAsam-aikshhat /

buddhyA’ntar-yAvad-aikshhad-visRjati tamasA so’pi

tAm-evam-ekaH

tAvad-viprAs-tam-ekaM katham-api bahudhA kalpayanti

sva-vAgbhiH //

 

tatra : Wherein,

ekaH : one

asangaH : (remains) unattached;

tadanu : on the other hand,

tat aparaH saH : the other one,

ajnAna-sindhum pravishhTaH : falling into the ocean of

ignorance,

vismRtya : having forgotten

Atma-svarUpaM : the real nature of the Self,

Aikshhat : perceived

vividha-jagad-AkAram-AbhAsam : (multifarious – universe

–forms –reflection) the apparition of multiplicity of the

universe

yAvat : As soon as,

buddhyA : by intellect

aikshhat : (he) viewed

antaH : inside,

tamasA visRjati : he is abandoned by mAyA

sah api tAM : and he also (abandons) Her.

EvaM ekaH : Thus there is One only.

tAvat viprAH kathamapi : However, the wise, somehow

kalpayanti : talk of

taM ekaM : that One

bahudhA : in various ways

sva-vAgbhiH : by their words -- (for purposes of

instruction, not as representing the ultimate Truth).

 

28.

nAyAti pratyag-AtmA prajanana-samaye naiva yAtyanta-kAle

yat so’khaNDo’sti laingaM mana iha vishati

pravrajaty-Urdhvam-arvAk /

tat-kArshyaM sthUlatAM vA na bhajati vapushhaH kintu

samskAra-jAte

tejo-mAtrA gRhItvA vrajati punar-ihA-yAti tais-tais-sahaiva

//

 

pratyag-AtmA : The Inner Self

na AyAti : neither comes

prajanana-samaye : at the time of birth

na eva yAti : nor goes away

anta-kAle : at the time of death,

yat saH akhaNDaH asti : because it is infinite.

laingaM manaH : It is the mind (with) the subtle body

vishati : (that) enters

pravrajati Urdhvam arvAK : (and) leaves above, afterwards.

tat : It (the mind)

na bhajati : does not reproduce (in itself)

kArshhyaM sthUlatAM vA : the leanness or stoutness

vapushhaH : of the gross body.

Kintu vrajati : But it departs

gRhItvA : taking with it

samskAra-jAte : both sets (good and evil) of tendencies

tejo-mAtrAH : and the measures of light (– namely, the five

senses of perception and the life-forces, in their subtlest

form)

punaH iha AyAti : and returns again to this world

taiH taiH saha eva : with these very appendages.

 

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya

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