[Advaita-l] Shata-shlokI of Shankara -27,28 of 101

[V. Krishnamurthy]

Namaste.

27.
Ekas-tatr-Asty-asangas-tadanu tad-aparo’jnAna-sindhuM
pravishhTo
vismRty-Atma-svarUpaM sa
vividha-jagad-AkAram-AbhAsam-aikshhat /
buddhyA’ntar-yAvad-aikshhad-visRjati tamasA so’pi
tAm-evam-ekaH 
tAvad-viprAs-tam-ekaM katham-api bahudhA kalpayanti
sva-vAgbhiH //

tatra : Wherein,
ekaH : one
asangaH : (remains) unattached;
tadanu : on the other hand,
tat aparaH saH : the other one,
ajnAna-sindhum pravishhTaH : falling into the ocean of
ignorance,
vismRtya : having forgotten
Atma-svarUpaM : the real nature of the Self,
Aikshhat : perceived
vividha-jagad-AkAram-AbhAsam : (multifarious – universe
–forms –reflection) the apparition of multiplicity of the
universe 
yAvat : As soon as,
buddhyA : by intellect
aikshhat : (he) viewed
antaH : inside,
tamasA visRjati : he is abandoned by mAyA
sah api tAM : and he also (abandons) Her.
EvaM ekaH : Thus there is One only.
tAvat viprAH kathamapi : However, the wise, somehow
kalpayanti : talk of 
taM ekaM : that One 
bahudhA : in various ways 
sva-vAgbhiH : by their words  -- (for purposes of
instruction, not as representing the ultimate Truth).

28. 
nAyAti pratyag-AtmA prajanana-samaye naiva yAtyanta-kAle
yat so’khaNDo’sti laingaM mana iha vishati
pravrajaty-Urdhvam-arvAk /
tat-kArshyaM sthUlatAM vA na bhajati vapushhaH kintu
samskAra-jAte 
tejo-mAtrA gRhItvA vrajati punar-ihA-yAti tais-tais-sahaiva
//

pratyag-AtmA : The Inner Self
na AyAti : neither comes 
prajanana-samaye : at the time of birth
na eva yAti : nor goes away
anta-kAle : at the time of death,
yat saH akhaNDaH asti : because it is infinite.
laingaM manaH : It is the mind (with) the subtle body
vishati : (that) enters
pravrajati Urdhvam arvAK : (and) leaves above, afterwards.
tat : It (the mind)
na bhajati : does not reproduce (in itself)
kArshhyaM sthUlatAM vA : the leanness or stoutness 
vapushhaH : of the gross body.
Kintu vrajati : But it departs
gRhItvA : taking with it
samskAra-jAte : both sets (good and evil) of tendencies
tejo-mAtrAH : and the measures of light (– namely, the five
senses of perception and the life-forces, in their subtlest
form)
punaH iha AyAti : and returns again to this world
taiH taiH saha eva : with these very appendages.

PraNAms to all students  of Adi Shankaracharya
profvk
 












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