Guest guest Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Siddhantabindu of Madhusudana Sarasvati with the Sanskrit text in Devanagari script, English translation and explanatory notes by S.N.Sastri was released on Sept.21, 2006 at Chennai. Price Rs.100. It can be obtained from Jayalakshmi Indological Book House, 6, Appar Swamy Koil Street, Mylapore, Chennai- 600 004. Tel: 044-24990539 and also from the publishers- Adi Sankara Advaita Research Centre, New No. 17, Bishop Wallers Avenue (West), Mylapore, Chennai- 600 004. Tel: 044-2499 1147, 2499 4423, and 2499 0459. Siddhantabindu is a commentary on the Dasasloki of Sri Sankaracharya. Most of the important aspects of Advaita Vedanta are dealt with in this work. S.N.Sastri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Pranams Sastri-ji, Heartiest congratulations. Truly a wonderful work on a short but most beautiful poem by Bhagwan Shankara. I reproduce below the first three verses I have particularly found very striking and beautiful. A short excerpt from you from the book on any one of these slokas will not onlt be greatly appreciated but would also whet our appetites for reading the whole work. I eagerly look forward to obtaining my copy. Once again My pranams Hari OM Shyam 1. na bhumirnatoyam na tejo na vAyu na kham nedriyam vA na teshAm samUha anikAntikatvAt sushuptyekasiddha tadekovaShishta: Shiva: kevaloham neither earth nor water, nor fire, nor air neither ether, nor senseorgan, nor their aggregate these are transient, variable by nature that self which is absolute existence that which is established in deep sleep I am that, the nondual attributeless auspicious Self 2. na varNA na varNASramAcAradharmA na me dhAraNAdhyAnayogAdayo(a)pi anAtmASrayAham-mamdthyAsahAnaAt tadekovaShishTa: Shiva: kevaloham neither caste, nor the rules of caste neither society nor custom_concentration nor meditation nor yoga nor practices; these illusion of ‘I’ & ‘Mine’ is not_self I am that, the nondual attributeless auspicious Self 3. na mAtA pita na devA na lokA: na vedA na yajnA na teertham bruvanti sushupatau nirastAtiSUnyAtmakatvAt tadekovaShishTa: Shiva: kevaloham Neither mother nor father, nor gods nor the words: Nor vedas, nor sacrifices, nor holy place nor pilgrimage In deep sleep I am (identical with) Brahman; not absolute void I am that, the nondual attributeless auspicious Self --- "S.N. Sastri" <sn.sastri > wrote: > Siddhantabindu of Madhusudana Sarasvati with the > Sanskrit text in Devanagari > script, English translation and explanatory notes by > S.N.Sastri was released > on Sept.21, 2006 at Chennai. Price Rs.100. It can be > obtained from > Jayalakshmi Indological Book House, 6, Appar Swamy > Koil Street, Mylapore, > Chennai- 600 004. Tel: 044-24990539 and also from > the publishers- Adi > Sankara Advaita Research Centre, New No. 17, Bishop > Wallers Avenue (West), > Mylapore, Chennai- 600 004. Tel: 044-2499 1147, 2499 > 4423, and 2499 0459. > > Siddhantabindu is a commentary on the Dasasloki of > Sri Sankaracharya. Most > of the important aspects of Advaita Vedanta are > dealt with in this work. > > S.N.Sastri > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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