Nirguna Manasa Puja - Shanakaracharya - 6-7/33

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vishvaanandayitustasya kiM taambuulaM prakalpate .

svayaMprakaashachidruupo yo.asaavarkaadibhaasakaH .. 6..

 

gIyate shrutibhistasya nIraajanavidhiH kutaH .

pradakshiNamanantasya praNaamo.advayavastunaH .. 7..

 

6. How does one prepare betel (tambula) for the Rejoicer of the

universe? He whose nature is self-luminous consciousness, that

Illuminator of the sun and other stars,

7. who is sung by `shrutis', how is there for Him the light- waving

ceremony (nirajana) What circumambulation (pradakshina) for the

Infinite? What prostration (pranama) for the non-dual Reality?

 

vishva = universe

aanandayituH = (of the) Cherisher

tasya = of (That)

kiM = what

taambuulaM = betel-nut

prakalpate = prepare

svayaM-prakaasha = self-shining

chidruupaH = of the nature of Consciousness

yaH = who

asau = that

arka = sun

aadi = (and) others

bhaasakaH = illuminator

 

gIyate = sung

shrutibhiH = (by the) Vedas (Revealed Scriptures)

tasya = His

nIraajana = (ceremonial waving of) lamp

vidhiH = method (of worship)

kutaH = how

pradakshiNam = circum-ambulation

anantasya = (of the) Infinite

praNaamaH = prostration

advaya = Non-dual

vastunaH = (of the) Ultimate Truth

 

How (does one) prepare (the offering) of a betel-nut for One who ids

the Cherisher of this universe?

How (should one) wave the lamp to That which is the Self-Shining

Consciousness, the illuminator

of the sun and other stars, extolled by the Vedas?

How does one circum-ambulate the Infinite, (or) prostrate to the

Absolute Non-dual Reality?