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

[Chitra Ravi]

Namaskaram
Thankyou very much for your prompt reply and  beautiful translation

Thankyou

On Sun 27 Sep, 2020, 11:19 AM V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 8:03 AM Chitra Ravi <
> chitraravi.nikhilesh at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Namaskaram,
>> Thankyou for sharing this.
>>
>> Can anyone give English translation for these verses?
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> शिव एव गुरुः साक्षात् गुरुरेव शिवः स्वयम् ।
> उभयोरन्तरं किञ्चिन्न द्रष्टव्यं मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ २५६ ॥
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> Shiva alone is the Guru and the Guru himself is Shiva.  The aspirant aught
> not to perceive difference between the two.
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> धन्यः कृतार्थस्त्वमहो विवेकः
> शिवप्रसादस्तव विद्यते महान् ।
> विसृज्य तु प्राकृतलोकमार्गं
> ब्रह्मावगन्तुं यतसे यतस्त्वम् ॥ २७८ ॥
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> 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.
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>   शिवप्रसादेन विना न सिद्धिः
> शिवप्रसादेन विना न बुद्धिः ।
> शिवप्रसादेन विना न युक्तिः
> शिवप्रसादेन विना न मुक्तिः ॥ २७९ ॥
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> 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.
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>   यस्य प्रसादेन विमुक्तसङ्गाः
> शुकादयः संसृतिबन्धमुक्ताः ।
> तस्य प्रसादो बहुजन्मलभ्यो
> भक्त्यैकगम्यो भवमुक्तिहेतुः ॥ २८० ॥
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> 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.
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> The Sukha episode is in this shuka rahasya upanishad.
>
> regards
> subbu
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>> Thanks
>> Chitra
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>> On Sat 26 Sep, 2020, 10:44 PM V Subrahmanian, <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> 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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