mahAvAkyaratnAvaliH- Translation No. 8

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Dear Shri Ram Chandran,

 

Asdesired by you I am sending Translation No. 8 again.

 

S.N.Sastri

*Translation of mahAvAkyas- No.8*

 

33. yadyat paSyati cakshurbhyAm tattad Atmeti bhAvayet- Whatever one sees

with the eyes, that he should look upon as the Self.

 

34. yadyat SRNoti karNAbhyAm tattad Atmeti bhAvayet- Whatever one hears with

the ears, that he should look upon as the Self.

 

35. labhate nAsayA yadyat tattad Atmeti bhAvayet- Whatever one smells

through the nose, that he should look upon as the Self.

 

36. jihvayA yad rasam hyatti tattad Atmeti bhAvayet- Whatever he eats

(tastes) with the tongue, that he should look upon as the Self.

 

37. tvacA yadyat spRSed yogi tattad Atmeti bhAvayet-Whatever the yogi

touches with his skin, that he should look upon as the Self.

 

38. dRshTim jnAnamayIm kRtvaA paSyet brahmamayam jagat- With the vision of

knowledge, one should see the whole universe as brahman.

 

39. drashTRdarSanadRSyAnAm virAmo yatra vA bhavet, dRshTiH tatraiva kartavyA

na nAsAgrAvalokanI- One's sight should be fixed on that in which the triad

of seer, seeing and seen ceases (i.e., brahman), and not on the tip of the

nose.

 

Sri Sankara says in his bhAshya on gitA 6.13 in the context of the

expression 'samprekshya nAsikAgram svam " :- What is intended here is not an

injunction to look at the tip of one's nose! What then? It is fixing the

gaze of the eyes by withdrawing it from external objects; and that is

enjoined with a view to concentrating the mind (on the Self).

 

40. devAgnyagAre tarumUle guhAyAm vased asango alakshitaSIlavRttaH—

 

devAgnyagAre- In a temple or a place where sacrificial fire has been lit. Or

under a tree, or in a cave, one should dwell, free from all attachment, and

with such self-effacement that his way of life is not noticed by any one

(alakshitaSIlavRttiH). No one should know that he is a jnAnI.

 

S.N.Sastri

 

(To be contd)

 

 

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