The Work of Avarana Shakti

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“To make unclear, what is clear is the work of Avarana Shakti.

 

This Avarana Shakti will cause one to think that the object present is not

present! But it does not veil completely. It gives accommodation to Vikshepa

Shakti (the power of veiling).

 

Although Atma, which in reality is present there, Avarana Shakti will cause

ignorance due to which the individual thinks 'I do not know who I am'.

Immediately, Vikshepa Shakti comes to play and will show (superimpose) Jeeva and

the Jagat (on the Atman).

 

Again the Avarana Shakti operates and makes the person to think that he is the

body. Also, it makes the individual to think that the perceptible world is

real. After all, is it not the nature of Avarana Shakti to veil the

discriminatory intellect so that the individual does not distinguish between the

real and the unreal?

 

However, this Avarana Shakti cannot affect Ishwara (who has kept Maya under His

control) and Atma Jnani. This is because, the aspect of Satva Guna is

predominant in them. Therefore, both are of the form of Sat-Chit-Ananda."

 

In Sanskrit:

 

Aavriti shakteh kaarya midam

Vishadam kurute saavishadam

 

Agre sthitamapi sadvastu

Naasteetyevam sphorayati

Kintu samagram naavrunute

Vikshepasya datte padam

 

Aatmani satyapyaavritya

Ajnatvam saa kalpayati

Vikshpaakhyaa shaktiratha

Jeevam jagadapi darshayati

 

Punarapyaavriti shaktissaa

Deheham mati mupadishati

Datte drishye satyamatim

Saahi vivekaavriti sheelaa

 

Kuntheebhootaa seyam shakti

Stveeshe svavashee krita maye

Aatmajnepi cha satvaadhikyaat

Svayam hi sachidaanandou tou

 

 

Sri Swamiji

Journey In To The Self

(Lessons in Vedanta) Volume II pp. 30 - 31

 

 

Sri Guru Datta,

Swamiji Says

 

 

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