Shata-shlokI of Shankara - 41, 42 of 101

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41

yat-kimcin-nAma-rUpAtmakam-idam-asad-evo-ditaM bhAti bhUmau

yenA-neka-prakArair-vyvaharati jagad-yena tene-shvareNa /

tadvat-pracchAdanIyaM nibhRta-rashanayA yadvad-eshha

dvi-jihvaH

tena tyaktena bhojyaM sukham-anatishayaM mA

grdho’nyad-dhanAdyaM //

 

yat kimcit: Whatever (is)

nAma-rUpAtmakaM idaM : of the nature of name and form here

bhUmau : in this world

asat eva uditaM : springs up as a mere unreality

pracchAdanIyaM : (and) should be veiled off

tena IshvareNa : by that Lord

yena jagat bhAti : by whom this universe is manifest

yena aneka-prakAraiH vyvavaharati : (and) by whom it is

multifariously active;

yadvat tadvat : just as

eshhaH dvijihvaH : this snake (is veiled off)

nibhRta-rashanayA : by the known rope.

tena tyaktena : Only by abandoning that (unreality)

anatishayaM sukhaM bhojyaM : unsurpassed bliss is to be

enjoyed

mA gRdhaH anyat dhana-AdyaM : Do not covet anything else

like wealth, etc.

 

Note 1. I have translated ‘rashanA’ as ‘rope’. It is only a

guess. I don’t have dictionary support for this. Can some

one help?

 

Note 2. Readers would easily recognize that this shloka is

a paraphrase, -- with the Acharya’s stamp

‘nibhRta-rashanayA yadvad-eshha dvijihvaH’ -- of the first

verse of Ishopanishat. Mark how dexterously he uses the

same words ‘Isha’ (IshvareNa), ‘vAsyaM’ (pracchAdanIyaM),

‘idaM’, ‘yat kimca’, ‘jagat’, ‘tena tyaktena’ ‘bhunjIta’

(bhojyam) , ‘mA gRdhaH’ , ‘dhanaM’ !

 

42

jIvan-muktir-mumukshhoH prathamam-atha tathA

muktir-AtyantikI ca

te’bhyAsa-jnAna-yogAt guru-caraNa-kRpA’pAnga-sangena

labdhAt /

abhyAso’pi dvidhA syAt adhikaraNa-vashAt daihiko

mAnasash-ca

shArIras-tv-Asan-Adyo hy-uparatir-aparo jnAna-yogaH

puroktaH //

 

mumukshhoH : To the seeker of Liberation

prathamaM jIvan-muktiH : there first comes Liberation while

living

atha tathA muktiH AtyantikI ca : and thereafter, the

ultimate Liberation.

te : These two

abhyAsa-jnAna-yogAt : (are the result) of the yoga of

practice and the yoga of Realisation

labdhAt : (which themselves are) attained

guru-caraNa-kRpA-apAnga-sangena : (guru – feet – grace –

glance – association) by contact of the Teacher’s feet and

His merciful glance.

abhyAsaH api : Practice, too

dvividhA syAt : is of two kinds

adhikaraNa-vashAt : according to qualification, (namely)

daihiko mAnasashca : of the body, and of the mind.

shArIraH tu : Bodily practice, of course

AsanAdyaH : (consists of) postures, etc.,

aparaH puroktaH jnAna-yogaH : (while) the other,

jnAna-yoga, previously mentioned,

uparatiH : (consists of) abstention.

 

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.

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