Yathiraja Vimsathi - Sloka 7

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YATHIRAJA VIMSATI

 

Author: Sri S.Satyamurthi Iyengar

Yatiraja vimsati

 

 

Sloka 7

 

vR^ittyA pashurnaravapustvahamIdR^ishopi *

shrutyAdisiddhanikhilAtmaguNAshrayoyam |

ityAdareNa kR^itinopi mithaH pravaktum *

adyApi va~ncanaparotra yatIndra varte || (7)

 

 

Sloka 7

 

 

Oh, Yateendra! I am a veritable animal in human form,

Considering my code of conduct; I am still here an imposter,

Making even knowledgeable persons zealously take me as the repository

Of qualities, good and soulful, true to Vedic norms.

 

Notes:

The self-denunciation, which commenced in the preceding sloka, goes on , in this

and succeeding slokas.

“Vrithya Pasuh..” Though born of human parents, with a human form, I am little

better than

a beast on account of my undisciplined way of life, eating and other habits.

And yet, I masquerade before the outside world as the standard-bearer of

all the good qualities, one should possess according to the Scriptures.

“ayam” refers to the way, the beholders point to the poet as “this ??”, the

very embodiment of all that is enjoined by the Vedic texts.

 

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Retyped from the book by Sri Kesavan Srinivasan of Chicago

(The Grandson of Sri U.Ve. Satyamurthi Iyyengar.)

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