[Advaita-l] [advaitin] A few verses from the Sarva Vedanta Siddhanta Sara Sangraha of Shankara

[V Subrahmanian]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 8:03 AM Chitra Ravi <chitraravi.nikhilesh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Namaskaram,
> Thankyou for sharing this.
>
> Can anyone give English translation for these verses?
>

शिव एव गुरुः साक्षात् गुरुरेव शिवः स्वयम् ।
उभयोरन्तरं किञ्चिन्न द्रष्टव्यं मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ २५६ ॥

Shiva alone is the Guru and the Guru himself is Shiva.  The aspirant aught
not to perceive difference between the two.

धन्यः कृतार्थस्त्वमहो विवेकः
शिवप्रसादस्तव विद्यते महान् ।
विसृज्य तु प्राकृतलोकमार्गं
ब्रह्मावगन्तुं यतसे यतस्त्वम् ॥ २७८ ॥

The Guru praises the disciple for having taken to the path of Atma vidya.
He says: You have been graced by Shiva and hence alone you have chosen this
path having renounced he worldly accomplishments.

  शिवप्रसादेन विना न सिद्धिः
शिवप्रसादेन विना न बुद्धिः ।
शिवप्रसादेन विना न युक्तिः
शिवप्रसादेन विना न मुक्तिः ॥ २७९ ॥

Without Shiva's grace the following are impossible to get:  Siddhi: the
fruition of our endeavor. Buddhi: the right intellect to tread this path.
Yukti: the proper reasoning for advancing in this path. Mukti: liberation.

  यस्य प्रसादेन विमुक्तसङ्गाः
शुकादयः संसृतिबन्धमुक्ताः ।
तस्य प्रसादो बहुजन्मलभ्यो
भक्त्यैकगम्यो भवमुक्तिहेतुः ॥ २८० ॥

It is by striving over several births does one get the grace of Shiva by
whose intervention Shuka, etc. became liberated. By devotion to Shiva alone
one can get liberated.

The Sukha episode is in this shuka rahasya upanishad.

regards
subbu







> Thanks
> Chitra
>
> On Sat 26 Sep, 2020, 10:44 PM V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The following short article, in Kannada, highlights a few verses from
>> Shankara's work.  It is noteworthy that a verse says: Shuka, etc. were
>> freed from any kind of bondage by Shiva's grace.  We have the shuka rahasya
>> upanishad in this regard, the link of which is provided below. This
>> Upanishad is also famous and doctrinally important  tp Advaita since the
>> passage:
>>
>> कार्योपाधिरयं जीवः कारणोपाधिरीश्वरः । कार्यकारणतां हित्वा पूर्णबोधोऽवशिष्यते ॥ १२॥
>>
>>
>> teaching that both Ishwara and jiva are products of upadhi.  There are
>> many other Advaita-friendly concepts in this Upanishad.
>>
>> ಶಿವ ಪ್ರಸಾದ
>> 'ಸರ್ವ ವೇದಾಂತ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಸಾರ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಃ' ಎಂಬ 1006 ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳುಳ್ಳ ಗ್ರಂಥವು
>> ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯ ಪ್ರಣೀತವೆಂದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ವೇದಾಂತದ ಸುದೀರ್ಘ ವಿಶದೀಕರಣವಿದೆ.
>> ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಕೆಲವು ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳು:
>> https://advaitasharada.sringeri.net/.../sarvavedantasiddh...
>> ಶಿವನೇ ಗುರುವು, ಗುರುವೇ ಶಿವನು: ಮುಮುಕ್ಷುವು ತಾಳಬೇಕಾದ ಭಾವ ಇದು.
>> शिव एव गुरुः साक्षात् गुरुरेव शिवः स्वयम् ।
>> उभयोरन्तरं किञ्चिन्न द्रष्टव्यं मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ २५६ ॥
>> ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮ ಪಥದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗಲು ಬಂದಿರುವ ಸಾಧಕನನ್ನು ಗುರುಗಳು ಪ್ರಶಂಸಿಸುವುದು:
>> 'ನಿನಗೆ ಶಿವ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ದೊರಕಿದೆ.  ಆದ್ದರಿಂದಲೆ ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಪ್ರವೇಶ ಮಾಡಿರುವೆ.'
>> धन्यः कृतार्थस्त्वमहो विवेकः
>> शिवप्रसादस्तव विद्यते महान् ।
>> विसृज्य तु प्राकृतलोकमार्गं
>> ब्रह्मावगन्तुं यतसे यतस्त्वम् ॥ २७८ ॥
>> ಮುಂದೆ ಗುರುಗಳು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳುವುದು:
>> ಶಿವ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದಲೇ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಕೈಗೂಡುವುದು. ಅವನ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದಲೇ ಈ ಮಾರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬೇಕಾದ
>> ಬುದ್ಧಿಯು ಸಿದ್ದವಾಗುವುದು. ಆ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದಲೇ ಸಾಧನೆಗೆ ಅನುಗುಣವಾದ ಯುಕ್ತಿಯು
>> ಹೊಳೆಯುವುದು. ಪರಮೇಶ್ವರನ ಪ್ರಸಾದವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿಯು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ:
>> शिवप्रसादेन विना न सिद्धिः
>> शिवप्रसादेन विना न बुद्धिः ।
>> शिवप्रसादेन विना न युक्तिः
>> शिवप्रसादेन विना न मुक्तिः ॥ २७९ ॥
>> ಶಿವ ಪ್ರಸಾದದಿಂದ ಸರ್ವ ಬಂಧನಗಳಿಂದಲೂ ಮುಕ್ತರಾದವರು ಶುಕ ಮುಂತಾದವರು. ಆ ಶಿವನ
>> ಪ್ರಸಾದವು ಅನೇಕ ಜನ್ಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ಮಾಡಿ ಹೊಂದಬೇಕಾದ್ದು. ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಮಾತ್ರ
>> ಫಲಕಾರಿಯಾಗುವುದು. ಸಂಸಾರದಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನೂ ಸಹ ಕೊಡಬಲ್ಲದ್ದು.
>> यस्य प्रसादेन विमुक्तसङ्गाः
>> शुकादयः संसृतिबन्धमुक्ताः ।
>> तस्य प्रसादो बहुजन्मलभ्यो
>> भक्त्यैकगम्यो भवमुक्तिहेतुः ॥ २८० ॥
>> ಶುಕರಹಸ್ಯೋಪನಿಷತ್  - ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಶುಕರಿಗೆ ಶಿವನ ಪರ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೋಪದೇಶ;
>> https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/shuka.html
>> ಓಮ್
>>
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