[Advaita-l] Shata-shlokI of Shankara - 5,6 of 101

[V. Krishnamurthy]

Namaste.

5.
deha-strI-putra-mitra-anucara-haya-vRshhAs-toshha-hetur-mametthaM
sarve svAyur-nayanti prathita-malam-amI  mAmsa-mImAmsay-eha
/
ete jIvanti tena vyavahRti-paTavo yena soubhAgya-bhAjaH
taM prANAdhIsham-antar-gataM-amRtam-amuM naiva-mImAmsayanti
//

deha-strI-putra-mitra-anucara-haya-vRshhAH : “The body,
wife, sons, friends, servants, horses and cattle
mama toshha-hetuH: -- these are the sources of my
happiness”
itthaM : thus (imagining), 
amI sarve:  all these beings
nayanti : spend, lead
svAyuH : their life
iha : on earth
prathitamalaM mAmsa-mImAmsayA : as followers of the
philosophy of flesh.
ete naiva mImAmsayanti : They fail to comprehend
amuM prANAdhIshaM : this Lord of life
antar-gataM : who is immanent
amRtaM : and immortal,
taM yena jIvanti:  and, by whom (they) live;
yena vyavahRti-paTavaH :   by whom (they) are rendered fit
for worldly transactions
yena soubhAgya-bhAjaH :  (and) by whom(they) are endowed
with prosperity.

6.
kashcit-kITaH kathamcit-paTumatir-abhitaH kaNTakAnAM
kuTIraM 
kurvans-tenaiva sAkaM vyavahRti-vidhaye ceshhTate
yAvad-AyuH /
tadvaj-jIvo’pi nAnA-carita-samuditaiH karmabhiH
sthUla-dehaM 
nirmAya-atraiva tishhTan-nanu-dinam-amunA sAkam-abhyeti
bhUmau //

kashcit kITaH paTumatiH : A silkworm
kurvan : building
kathamcit : somehow (by its own efforts)
kaNTakAnAM kuTIraM : a cocoon
abhitaH : all around (itself)
tena eva sAkaM : (and) with its help
ceshhTate : moves about
yAvad-AyuH : all its life
vyavahRti-vidhaye : in the discharge of its activities.
tadvad-api : So also 
jIvaH : the individual soul
nirmAya : building up
bhUmau : on this earth
sthUla-dehaM : a physical body
karmabhiH : by means of ‘karmas’
nAnA-carita-samuditaiH : accumulated by multifarious (past)
actions
atra eva tishhTan : and remaining there itself
abhyeti : moves about
anudinaM : daily
amunA sAkaM : along with it. 

PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya
profvk



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