Naishkarmyasiddhi Verse Appearing On Advaitin Home Page

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Namaste Nairji:

 

Sunderji updates the homepage on a regular basis with some brilliant

quotations taken from the scriptures, from the works of Sankaracharya

and other literature. He will be able to provide you with a precise

answer that you are looking for. As for as I can see that the

translation provided appear to be correct. The term Pratyakshaa is

also referred in Gita Chapter 9, verse 2.

 

Chapter 9: Verse 2

Raajavidyaa raajaguhyam pavitramidamuttamam;

Pratyakshaavagamam dharmyam susukham kartumavyayam.

 

2. This is the kingly science, the kingly secret, the supreme

purifier, realisable by DIRECT INTUTIOANL KNOWLEDGE, according to

righteousness, very easy to perform and imperishable.

 

This translation does seem to agree with what is provided by Sunderji

in the homepage.

 

With my warmest regards,

 

Ram Chandran

 

 

advaitin , " Madathil Rajendran Nair "

<madathilnair wrote:

>

> Namaste.

>

> I have problem understanding the Naishkarmyasiddhi verse (quoted

> below) appearing on our Home Page. Can Sunderji or other scholars

> help by checking if the transliteration `pratyaktAsya' is right? >

> pratyaktAsya svatorUpaM niShkriyAkArakAphalam.h .

> advitIyaM tadiddhA dhiiH pratyagAtmeva lakShyate .. 3:71

>

> " Immediate self-awareness is the intrinsic nature of the Self.

> It is without action, the factors of action and the fruits of

action.

> It is without a second. This intellect ignited by it, as it were,

> appears as the inner Self. "

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H.N.Sreenivasa Murthy

Pranams to all.

 

Dear Sri Rajendran Nair,

The sloka 3-71 of Naishkarmya Siddhi reads as follows:

 

pratyaktA^sya svatOrUpaM niShkriyAkArakAPalam |

 

advitIyaM tadiddhA dhIH pratyagAtmEva lakShyatE ||

Inwardness is the intrinsic nature of the Self which is

non-dual and which is free from action, factors of action.

The intellect, being illumined by it, is designated as if it

is the inward Self.[ Translated by R.Balasubramanian]

 

It is a compound word consisting of two words pratyaktA and asya.

I have referred to three books and the text reads as " pratyakta^sya "

and not " pratyakSasya " as stated by you.

 

With warm and respectful regards,

Sreenivasa Murthy

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advaitin , " narayana145 " <narayana145 wrote:

>

> The sloka 3-71 of Naishkarmya Siddhi reads as follows:

>

> pratyaktA^sya svatOrUpaM niShkriyAkArakAPalam |

>

> advitIyaM tadiddhA dhIH pratyagAtmEva lakShyatE ||

> Inwardness is the intrinsic nature of the Self which is

> non-dual and which is free from action, factors of action.

> The intellect, being illumined by it, is designated as if it

> is the inward Self.[ Translated by R.Balasubramanian]

 

Namaste Sastriji, Ramji, and Murthyji,

 

Thank you for your clarifications. [The 'avagraha' in some

'sandhi'-s being optional, some confusion is always likely!]

 

Sureshvaracharya has added these comments before the verse which

should have been included in the quotation:

 

" pratyagAtmani pramopajAyata ityuktaM tatra chodyate | kiM yathA

ghaTAdiprameyaviShayA pramA kartrAdikArakabhedAnapahnavena jAyate

tathaivotAsheShakArakagrAmopamardena kartuH pratyagAtmanIti |

uchyate | "

 

" That 'Knowledge arises about the inmost Self' has been said. Does

this arise like the knowledge about a jar etc., without cancelling the

diversity of factors involved in action? Or does it arise by

destroying all such plurality of causal factors in the agent, i.e. the

Self? The question is answered in the next verse. " (tr. Dr.

Raghavachar).

 

Could someone kindly provide Dr. Balasubramanian's or other

translation also, if it is substantially different than this? Thnaks.

 

Regards,

 

Sunder