Shata-shlokI of Shankara - 29, 30 of 101

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29.

AsIt-pUrvaM subandhur-bhRsham-avanisuroH yaH purodhAH

sanAteH

brAhmyAt-kUTAbhichArAt sa khalu mRtimitas-tan-mano’gAt

kRtAntaM /

tad-bhRAtA shrauta-mantraiH punar-anayad-iti prAha sUktena

vedaH

tasmAd-AtmAbhiyuktaM vrajati nanu manaH karhicin-nAntarAtmA

//

 

AsIt pUrvaM : There was, once

subandhuH : one ‘Subandhu’

yaH : who (was)

bhRshaM purodhAH : a venerable bhramin priest

avani-suroH sanAteH : of King Sanati

saH khalu mRtimitaH : he havind died

brAhmyAt-kUTAbhichArAt : by the deceitful incantations of

some Brahmins

tan-manaH : his mind

kRtAntam-agAt : went to(the abode of the god of) death,

tad-bhRAtA : and his brother

punaH anayat : brought it back

shrauta-mantraiH : by Vedic mantras

iti prAha sUktena VedaH : -- thus says the Veda by a

Sukta.

tasmAt, nanu : It follows from this, indeed, that

AtmAbhiyuktaM manaH : the mind clinging to the Self

vrajati : goes forth

na antarAtmA : (and) not the Inner Self,

karhicit : in any case.

 

30.

eko nishhkampa AtmA pracalati manasA dhAvamAnena tasmin

tishhTan-nagre’tha pashcAt na hi tam-anugataM jAnate

cakshhur-AdyAH /

yadvat pAthas-tarangaiH pracalati parito

dhAvamAnais-tad-antaH

prAk-pashcAd-asti teshhAM pavana-samuditais-taiH

prashAntair-yathAvat //

 

Eko nishhkampa AtmA : The one motionless Self

pracalati : moves

dhAvamAnena manasA : with the wandering mind

tasmin tishhTan : and remaining with it

agre atha pashcAt : now before, now behind;

cakshhur-AdyAH : The eye and other senses

na hi jAnate taM : do not know it, however,

tam-anugataM : as present (throughout).

yadvat pAthaH : Just as, water

pracalati : moves about

dhAvamAnaiH tarangaiH paritaH : with the rolling waves

pavana-samuditaiH : generated by the wind

asti : (and) is

tad-antaH prAk pashcAt teshAM: in them, before them and

behind them

taiH prashAntaiH : and when they (the waves) are still,

yathAvat : is, as it ever is.

 

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