mahAvAkyaratnAvaliH- Translation No. 30

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*Translation of mahAvAkyas- No.30- Sentences for reflection (manana

vAkyAni). *

 

105. ahamannam ahamannam ahamannam,

 

ahamannado' hamannado' hamannadaH—taitt. up. 3.10.

 

The meaning is --- I am food, I am food, I am food; I am the eater of food,

I am the eater of food, I am the eater of food.

 

The taitt. up. says that on attaining Self-knowledge the jIvanamukta sings

these words. Food stands for everything that is experienced, and eater of

food means the one who experiences. On realizing that he is brahman the

jIvanmukta sees everything as himself. He is the experiencer as well as the

objects experienced, because there is nothing other than himself.

 

106. aham manuH abhavam sUryaH ca—bRhad. up. 1. 4. 10.

 

The meaning is :-- " I was Manu and the sun " .

 

This is a mantra in Rg veda IV. xxvi. 1, which was 'seen' by sage Vamadeva

when he attained he attained realization. This means that he attained

identity with all.

 

107. aham eva idam sarvam asAni—

 

Let me be all this.

 

108. yathA phenatarangAdi samudrAd utthitam punaH,

 

samudre lIyate tadvad jagat mayi anulIyate—

 

Just as foam, waves, etc., which arise from the ocean, merge again

in the ocean, so also this world merges back in me (the Self).

 

I am the Self or brahman. The whole world arises from me and ultimately

merges in me.

 

109. anAtmadrishTeH avivekanidram aham mama svapnagatim gato'ham,

 

svarUpasUrye'bhyudite sphuToktaiH guroH mahAvAkyapadaiH

prabuddhaH—

 

Because of perceiving only the not-Self I fell into the sleep of

indiscrimination and dreamed of 'I' and 'mine'. By the clear teachings of my

guru based on the mahAvAkyas the sun that is my real nature has risen and I

have woken up (become enlightened).

 

S.N.Sastri