THE WORKS OF SANKARA
VIVEKA CHUDAMANI
SLOKAS 311 TO 320
dEhaÏmna
s|¢ÞTt
ev
kam£
¢vlXN:
kam¢yta
kT|
Þyat¯ ,
AtaE{TIsÓDanprÏvmEv
BEdp#skqÏya
BvbÓDhEt¤:
.311 .
dEhaÏmna |
who has identified
himself with the body |
s|¢ÞTt
ev |
after sense-pleasures |
kam¢yta |
how can one
devoid of the body |
kT|
Þyat¯ |
be greedy (like
him)? |
AtaE{TIsÓDanprÏvmEv |
hence, the tendency
to think of the senseobjects |
BEdp#skqÏya |
giving rise to
an idea of distinc |
BvbÓDhEt¤: |
is the cause
of the bondage of transmigration |
311. He who remains in
the body must be purified of all desires
by giving up all sense pleasures, for seeking sense
pleasures arises from separation from the
Self.
kayIp#vDInadqb£jp#v¦¢ÑG:
p¢rèÜytE
,
kayInaSadqb£jnaSÞtÞmaÏkayI|
¢nraEDyEt¯
. 312 .
kayIp#vDInadqb£jp#v¦¢ÑG:
|
when the actions
done with selfish motives are
developed, the seed also |
p¢rèÜytE |
is observed to
be such |
kayInaSadqb£jnaSÞtÞmaÏkayI|
|
and when the actions are
destroyed, the seed (desire for
sensepleasures) also |
¢nraEDyEt¯ |
is seen to
be destroyed. Therefore one must
subduethe actions. |
312. Selfish work leads
to desire, which leads to more selfish work, and this
entanglement in the world goes on increaasing and never stops.
vasnav¦¢ÑGt:
kayI|
kayIv¦ÑGYa
c
vasna ,
vDItE
svITa
p¤|s:
s|sarE n
¢nvtItE .
313.
vasnav¦¢ÑGt: |
through the increase
of desires |
n
¢nvtItE |
is never at
an end |
313. Selfish work
leads to desires, which leads to more selfish wor, and
thus entanglement in the world goes on increasing and never
stops.
s|sarbÓD¢v¢ÅCäyW
tdq
¹y|
p#dhEï¢t: ,
vasnav¦¢ÑGrEta×ya|
¢cÓtya
¢@yya
b¢h: .
314 .
s|sarbÓD¢v¢ÅCäyW |
of breaking the
chain of transmigration |
tdq
¹y| |
those two (desire
and selfish work) |
p#dhEï¢t: |
the Sanyasin should
burn to ashes |
vasnav¦¢ÑGrEta×ya| |
selfish acts lead
to an increase of desires |
314. Internal thought
and external work that are selfish in
nature must therefore be given up in order to remove bondage.
ta×ya|
p#vDImana
sa
s¥tE s|s¦¢tmaÏmn:
,
æOyaNa|
c
XyaEpay:
svaIvÞtas¤
svIda . 315 .
s|s¦¢tmaÏmn: |
one's transmigration. |
XyaEpay: |
the way to
destroy |
svaIvÞtas¤ |
under all circumstances |
svIæO
svIt:
svIb#'maæOavlaEknW:
,
sëavvasnadaFTaIäOt¯æOy|
lymƤtE
. 316 .
svIt: |
and in all
respects |
svIb#'maæOavlaEknW: |
lies in looking
upon everything as Brahman and
Brahman alone |
sëavvasnadaFTaIäOt¯æOy| |
through the strengthening
of the longing to be one
with Brahman, those three are |
315-316. Selfish thought and
action increases the ego and hence all these must be destroyed by meditating
constantly on the real Self and seeing Brahman everywhere. These three
can go by increasing the desire of being good to others.
|FÁÓÏ ÅÁÚÁI{Gi009900G:|FÁÓÏ
Þ£ÜW{®1:
¢@yanaSE
BvE¢ÅcÓtanaSaE{Þma¹asnaXy:
,
vasnap#XyaE
maEX:
sa
j£vÓm¤¢³¢rÝytE
. 317.
¢@yanaSE |
ceasing of selfish
action |
BvE¢ÅcÓtanaSaE{Þma¹asnaXy:
|
the brooding of
the sense objects is stopped |
vasnap#XyaE |
which is followed
by the destruction of the
desires |
j£vÓm¤¢³¢rÝytE
|
this is considered
to be Liberationin-life. |
317. Stop selfish work and
you stop internal desire and thereby
selfish thought. And the stopping of
desire is called Jivan mukti, freedom in
this life itself.
s¹asnaÞP\¢tI¢vj¦ØBNE
s¢t
/saW
¢v¢lnaÔyhma¢dvasna
,
A¢tp#k]¾aÔyâNp#Baya|
¢vl£ytE
saD¤
yTa
t¢m*a . 318
.
s¹asnaÞP\¢tI¢vj¦ØBNE
|
when the desire
for realising Brahman has a marked
manifestations |
¢v¢lnaÔyhma¢dvasna |
the egoistic desires
readily vanish |
A¢tp#k]¾aÔyâNp#Baya| |
as the most
intense darkness |
¢vl£ytE |
completely vanishes |
318. Increase of desire of good to
others removes selfish desires just as darkness subsides when
the Sun rises. |FÁÓÏ
ÅÁÚÁI{GiFF0000G:|FÁÓÏ Þ£ÜW{®2:
thE tmÞtm:
kayImnTIjal|
n
èÜytE
sÏy¤¢dtE
¢dnESE ,
tTa{¹yanÓdrsan¤B¥taW
n
va¢Þt
bÓDaE
n c
Ѥ:KgÓD:
. 319 .
kayImnTIjal| |
and the numerous
evils that attend on it |
tTa{¹yanÓdrsan¤B¥taW |
similarly,on the realization
of the Bliss Absolute |
Ѥ:KgÓD: |
nor the least
trace of misery |
319. Darkness and its
actions subside when the lord of the
day rises. When the eternal bliss
is felt, there is no more bondage or
sorrow.
Denunciation of
Inadvertence
èÜy|
p#t£t|
p#¢vlapyÓsn¯
sÓmaæOmanÓdGn|
¢vBavyn¯
,
sma¢ht:
sn¯b¢hrÓtr|
va
kal|
nyETa:
s¢t
kmIbÓDE . 320 .
p#t£t| |
which are now
percieved |
p#¢vlapyÓsn¯ |
to vanish, and
meditating on the Reality |
sÓmaæOmanÓdGn| |
the Bliss embodied |
sn¯b¢hrÓtr| va |
external and internal
universes |
kmIbÓDE |
any residue of
Prarabdha work left |
320. Think of Brahman and the solid
reality of its bliss, and the world will diminish. And
with internal and the external becoming
one, and time spent in bliss, you will be free from
bondage.
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