mahAvAkyaratnAvaliH- Translation No. 22

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*Translation of mahAvAkyas- No.22- Sentences conveying instructions.*

 

72. yat param brahma sarvAtmA viSvasyAyatanam mahat, sUkshmAt sUkshmataram

nityam tat tvam eva tvam eva tat—

 

That which is the supreme brahman, the Self of all, the supreme support of

the universe, which is subtler than the subtle, eternal, that thou alone

art, thou alone art that.

 

73. antaHpUrNo bahiHpUrNaH pUrNakumbha ivArNave, antaHSUnyo bahiHSUnyaH

SUnyakumbha ivAmbare-

 

It (brahman) is full within and full without, like a pot full of water in

the ocean. It is empty within and empty without like an empty pot in the

sky.

 

There is really neither inside nor outside for brahman which is infinite.

Since there is nothing other than brahman, it can be described as full or as

empty. Sri Sankara says in 'daSaSlokI':--

 

" Brahman has no such thing as upper or lower (part), it has no inside or

outside, it has no middle or any 'across', and it has no eastern or western

direction, because it is all-pervading like space (or pervades space also).

It is one and without parts. I remain as the one auspicious self free from

all attributes " .

 

 

 

74. mA bhava grAhyabhAvAtmA grAhakAtmA ca mA bhava, bhAvanAm akhilAm tyaktvA

yat SishTam tanmayo bhava-

 

grAhaka= what grasps, i.e., the sense-organs. grAhya= what is grasped,

sense-objects.

 

Do not identify yourself with your sense-organs. Do not identify yourself

with sense-objects, by developing attachment towards them. Giving up all

thoughts (imaginations), be one with that which remains, namely, the Self.

 

S.N.Sastri

 

(To be contd)