Shata-shlokI of Shankara -31,32 of 101

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31.

ekAky-AsIt sa pUrvaM mRgayati vishhayAn-AnupUrvyA’ntarAtmA

jAyA me syAt prajA vA dhanam-upakaraNaM karma

kurvans-tad-arthaM /

kleshaiH prANA-vasheshhaiH mahad-api manute

nAnyad-asmAd-garIyaH

tv-ekA-lAbhe’py-akRtsno mRta iva viramati

eka-hAnyA’kRtArthaH //

 

saH antarAtmA : That Inner Self

pUrvaM ekAkI AsIt : was, at first, by itself.

AnupUrvI vishhayAn mRgayati : Then it seeks objects of

enjoyment one after another

jAyA me syAt : “Let me have a wife

prajA vA : and children

dhanam-upakaraNaM : and wealth for support”.

tadarthaM : For their sake, (the man)

karma kurvan : doing actions

prANA-vasheshhaiH kleshaiH : taking difficulties even at

the risk of his life

mahad-api : even though great

na manute : does not deem

anyad : anything else

asmAd-garIyaH : to be weightier than them.

eka-alAbhe tu : Even if one of them is not gained

akRtsnaH : (he feels) incomplete

mRta iva : as if he were dead.

eka-hAnya: (So too) if one of them is lost

akRtArthaH viramati : he feels he has entirely missed his

purpose of life.

 

 

32.

nAsIt-pUrvaM na pashcAt atanu-dina-karAc-chAdako vAri-vAhaH

 

dRshyaH kint-vantarA’sau sthagayati sa dRshaM pashyato

nArka-bimbaM /

no cedevam vinA’rkaM jala-dhara-patalaM bhAsate tarhi

kasmAt

tadvad-vishvaM vidhatte dRsham-atha na paraM bhAsakaM

cAlakaM svaM //

 

vAri-vAhaH : The cloud

atanu-dina-kara-AcchAdakaH : that hides the huge Sun

nAsIt pUrvaM : has not existed ever before

na pashcAt : nor (will exist) ever thereafter

dRshyaH kintu antaraH : but is visible during that

interval.

saH sthagayati : It obstructs

pashyataH dRshaM : the vision of the spectator

na arka-bimbaM : and not the solar orb;

tarhi evam no cet : For if it were not so,

kasmAt jala-dhara-paTalam bhAsate : how can the group of

clouds be visible

vinA arkaM : without the Sun?

tadvat : In the same manner

vishvaM vidhatte dRshaM : does the (appearance of the)

universe veil the vision

atha na paraM : but not the Supreme Self

bhAsakaM cAlakaM svaM : which is its own illuminer and

inspirer.

 

praNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.

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