[Advaita-l] Shata-shlokI of Shankara - 29, 30 of 101

[V. Krishnamurthy]

Namaste.

29.
AsIt-pUrvaM subandhur-bhRsham-avanisuroH yaH purodhAH
sanAteH 
brAhmyAt-kUTAbhichArAt sa khalu mRtimitas-tan-mano’gAt
kRtAntaM /
tad-bhRAtA shrauta-mantraiH punar-anayad-iti prAha sUktena
vedaH 
tasmAd-AtmAbhiyuktaM vrajati nanu manaH karhicin-nAntarAtmA
//

AsIt pUrvaM : There was, once
subandhuH : one ‘Subandhu’
yaH : who (was)
bhRshaM purodhAH : a venerable bhramin priest
avani-suroH sanAteH : of King Sanati
saH khalu mRtimitaH : he havind died
brAhmyAt-kUTAbhichArAt : by the deceitful incantations of
some Brahmins
tan-manaH : his mind
kRtAntam-agAt : went to(the abode of the god of) death,
tad-bhRAtA : and his brother
punaH anayat : brought it back
shrauta-mantraiH : by Vedic mantras
iti prAha sUktena VedaH : -- thus says the Veda  by a
Sukta.
tasmAt, nanu : It follows from this, indeed,  that 
AtmAbhiyuktaM manaH : the mind clinging to the Self
vrajati : goes forth 
na antarAtmA : (and) not the Inner Self,
karhicit : in any case.

30.
eko nishhkampa AtmA pracalati manasA dhAvamAnena tasmin
tishhTan-nagre’tha pashcAt na hi tam-anugataM jAnate
cakshhur-AdyAH /
yadvat pAthas-tarangaiH pracalati parito
dhAvamAnais-tad-antaH 
prAk-pashcAd-asti teshhAM pavana-samuditais-taiH
prashAntair-yathAvat //

Eko nishhkampa AtmA : The one motionless Self
pracalati : moves
dhAvamAnena manasA : with the wandering mind
tasmin tishhTan : and remaining with it 
agre atha pashcAt : now before, now behind;
cakshhur-AdyAH : The eye and other senses
na hi jAnate taM : do  not know it, however, 
tam-anugataM : as present (throughout).
yadvat pAthaH : Just as, water
pracalati : moves about
dhAvamAnaiH tarangaiH paritaH : with the rolling waves 
pavana-samuditaiH : generated by the wind
asti : (and) is
tad-antaH prAk pashcAt  teshAM: in them, before them and
behind them
taiH prashAntaiH : and when they (the waves) are still,
yathAvat : is, as it ever is.

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya
profvk


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