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£   is greedy
¢vlXN:   is different
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
kayI|   the selfish work
kayIv¦ÑGYa  c   increases
vasna   and the desire too
vDItE   increases;
svITa   always
s:   man's
s|sarE   transmigration
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
¢cÓtya   for thinking
¢@yya   and doing
b¢h:   outside
 
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   .  
ta×ya|   by these two
p#vDImana   grown
sa   the desire
s¥tE   produce
s|s¦¢tmaÏmn:   one's transmigration.
æOyaNa|   c   of these three
XyaEpay:   the way to destroy
svaIvÞtas¤   under all circumstances
svIda   always
 
svIæO    svIt:    svIb#'maæOavlaEknW:    ,
sëavvasnadaFTaIäOt¯æOy|    lymƤtE    .   316   .  
svIæO   everywhere
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
lymƤtE   annihilated.

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
maEX:   liberation
sa   that alone
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
s¢t   is there
/saW   that
¢v¢lnaÔyhma¢dvasna   the egoistic desires readily vanish
A¢tp#k]¾aÔyâNp#Baya|   as the most intense darkness
¢vl£ytE   completely vanishes
saD¤   the desire
yTa   as
t¢m*a   the darkness
 
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   .  
tmÞtm:   darkness
kayImnTIjal|   and the numerous evils that attend on it
n   èÜytE   are not noticed
sÏy¤¢dtE   rises
¢dnESE   when the sun
tTa{¹yanÓdrsan¤B¥taW   similarly,on the realization of the Bliss Absolute
n   va¢Þt   there is neither
bÓDaE   n  c   bondage
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   .  
èÜy|   external
p#t£t|   which are now percieved
p#¢vlapyÓsn¯   to vanish, and meditating on the Reality
sÓmaæOmanÓdGn|   the Bliss embodied
¢vBavyn¯   doing Dyana
sma¢ht:   watchfully
sn¯b¢hrÓtr|  va   external and internal universes
kal||   the time
nyETa:   should pass
s¢t   if there be
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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