mahAvAkyaratnAvaliH- Translation No.7

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*Translation of mahAvAkyas- No.7*

 

Some of the vAkyas are only portions of slokas. It is difficult to know

their meaning unless the whole Sloka is available. I am therefore leaving

out such vAkyas for the present.

 

26. jyotirlingam bhruvormadhye nityam dhyAyet sadA yatiH.

 

The ascetic should always meditate on the effulgent lingam in the space

between the eyebrows.

 

27. AtmAnam AtmanaH sAkshAd brahmabuddhyA suniScalam. dehajAtyAdi sambandhAn

varNASramasamanvitAn, vedaSAstrapurANAni padapAmsumiva tyajet- One should

unwaveringly meditate on one's self as brahman. Connections with the body,

caste, the varNas and Asramas, the veda, Sastras and purANas should be

discarded like the dust of one's feet. This must be meant for the yogArUDha

who has acquired total dispassion towards all actions, both secular and

religious and towards the fruits thereof. Such a person must devote himself

exclusively to meditation. As the gItA says, Sama is what he should

practise.

 

28. ekAkI niHspRhaH tishThet na hi kena saha Alapet. The ascetic should

always be alone and without any desire. He should not converse with a

anybody.

 

29. udyan nArAyaNetyevam prativAkyam sadA yatiH- The ascetic should with

effort answer only with the word 'nArAyaNa' to any one.

 

30. muniH kaupInavAsAH syAt nagno vA dhyAnatatparaH- The muni should be clad

only in a loincloth or be naked. He should be intent only on meditation.

 

31. adhyAtmaratiH AsInaH nirapekshaH nirASishaH, Atmanaiva sahAyena

sukhArthI vicared iha- Ever revelling in the Self alone, not dependent on

anybody, free from desire, with himself alone as company (remaining

solitary) he should go about in the world, seeking only the bliss of the

Self.

 

32. sandigdhaH sarvabhUtAnAm varNASramavivarjitaH andhavat jaDavat ca api

mUkavat ca mahIm caret—Looked upon with suspicion by all (because of his

strange behaviour), free from all connection with varNa and ASrama, he

should go about on the earth like a blind man, an idiot, and a dumb man.

 

S.N.Sastri

 

(To be contd)