[Advaita-l] Shata-shlokI of Shankara -31,32 of 101

[V. Krishnamurthy]

Namaste.

31.
ekAky-AsIt sa pUrvaM mRgayati vishhayAn-AnupUrvyA’ntarAtmA 
jAyA me syAt prajA vA dhanam-upakaraNaM karma
kurvans-tad-arthaM /
kleshaiH prANA-vasheshhaiH mahad-api manute
nAnyad-asmAd-garIyaH
tv-ekA-lAbhe’py-akRtsno mRta iva viramati
eka-hAnyA’kRtArthaH //

saH antarAtmA : That Inner Self
pUrvaM ekAkI AsIt : was, at first, by itself.
AnupUrvI vishhayAn mRgayati : Then it seeks objects of
enjoyment one after another
jAyA me syAt : “Let me have a wife
prajA vA : and children
dhanam-upakaraNaM : and wealth for support”.
tadarthaM : For their sake, (the man)
karma kurvan : doing actions
prANA-vasheshhaiH kleshaiH : taking difficulties even at
the risk of his life
mahad-api : even  though great
na manute : does not deem 
anyad : anything else
asmAd-garIyaH : to be weightier than them.
eka-alAbhe tu : Even if one of them is not gained
akRtsnaH : (he feels) incomplete
mRta iva : as if he were dead.
eka-hAnya: (So too) if one of them is lost
akRtArthaH viramati : he feels he has entirely missed his
purpose of life.


32.
nAsIt-pUrvaM na pashcAt atanu-dina-karAc-chAdako vAri-vAhaH

dRshyaH kint-vantarA’sau sthagayati sa dRshaM pashyato
nArka-bimbaM /
no cedevam vinA’rkaM jala-dhara-patalaM bhAsate tarhi
kasmAt 
tadvad-vishvaM vidhatte dRsham-atha na paraM bhAsakaM
cAlakaM svaM //

vAri-vAhaH : The cloud
atanu-dina-kara-AcchAdakaH : that hides the huge Sun
nAsIt pUrvaM : has not existed ever before
na pashcAt : nor (will exist) ever thereafter
dRshyaH kintu antaraH : but is visible during that
interval.
saH sthagayati : It obstructs
pashyataH dRshaM : the vision of the spectator
na arka-bimbaM : and not the solar orb;
tarhi evam no cet :  For if it were not so, 
kasmAt jala-dhara-paTalam bhAsate : how can  the group of
clouds be visible
vinA arkaM : without the Sun?
tadvat : In the same manner
vishvaM vidhatte dRshaM : does the  (appearance of the)
universe veil the vision
atha na paraM : but not the Supreme Self 
bhAsakaM cAlakaM svaM : which is its own illuminer and
inspirer.

praNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.
profvk








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