Shata-shlokI of Shankara - 43, 44 of 101

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43

 

sarvAn-unmUlya kAmAn hRdi kRta-nilayAn

kshhipta-shankUn-ivoccaiH

dIryad-dehAbhimAnas-tyajati capalatAm-Atma-dattAbhimAnaH /

yAty-Urdhva-sthAnam-uccaiH kRta-sukRta-bharo

nADikAbhir-vicitraM

nIlash-cetA-ruNAbhiH sravad-amRta-bharaM

gRhyamANAtma-soukhyaH //

 

unmUlya : Having rooted out

sarvAn kAmAn : all desires

hRdi kRta-nilayAN : which have taken their seats in the

heart

uccaiH kshhipta-shankUn iva : as if their pegs were

forcibly broken,

tIrNa-dehAbhimAnaH : having crossesd all attachment with

the body

Atma-dattAbhimAnaH : and having given all his attention to

the Self

tyajati : He abandons

capalatAM : waywardness.

kRta-sukRta-bharaH : Full of accumulated merit

yAti : he reaches

UrdhvasthAnaM uccaiH : the highest abode (sahasrAra cakra)

vicitraM : that is adorned by

nIlash-ceta-aruNAbhiH nADikAbhiH : dark, white and red

nADIs

sravad-amRta-bharaM : full of flowing nectar

gRhyamANAtma-soukhyaH : (and thereby is) the enjoyer of the

bliss of the Self.

 

Note the words “uccaiH kshhipta-shankUn iva”. He tells us

how to root out the desires. They are pegged into us

without our knowing it. The pegs have to be forcibly pulled

out.

 

44.

prApashyad-vishvam-Atmety-ayam-iha purushhaH

shoka-mohAdy-atItaH

shukraM brahmA-dhyagacchat-sa khalu

sakalavit-sarva-siddhAspadaM hi /

vismRtya sthUla-sUkshhma-prabhRti-vapur-asau

sarva-sankalpa-shUnyo

jIvan-muktas-turIyaM padam-adhigatavAn-puNya-pApair-vihInaH

//

 

ayaM purushhaH : This person

iha : here, in this world, in this body,

shoka-mohAdy-atItaH : passes beyond sorrow, delusion, etc.

prapashyat : saw

vishvaM AtmA iti : the universe as the Self.

saH adhyagacchat khalu: (Then) he attained, indeed,

shukraM brahma : the shining Hiranya-garbha

sakalavit : (and became) all-knowing

sarva-siddhAspadaM : repository of all occult powers.

vismRtya : (Afterwards), having forgotten

sthUla-sUkshhma-prabhRti-vapuH : all sense of the gross,

subtle and other bodies

sarva-sankalpa-shUnyaH : and devoid of all determined

volition

asau : this person,

punya-pApaiH vihInaH : purged of all punya and papa,

adhigatavAn : has attained

turIyaM padaM : the fourth state,

jIvan-muktaH : as a jIvan-mukta (one liberated even while

living).

 

Note: Who is speaking this verse? Ramana or Shankara? Does

this not look like a first person account of the Acharya

Himself?

 

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.

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