THE WORKS OF SANKARA
VIVEKA CHUDAMANI
SLOKAS 321 TO 330
p#madaE
b#hM¢n¾aya|
n
ktIÛy:
kdacn ,
p#madaE
m¦Ïy¤¢rÏyah
Bgvan¯b#'N:
s¤t:
. 321 .
b#hM¢n¾aya| |
in one's steadfastness
to Brahman |
Bgvan¯b#'N: |
Bhagavan Sanatkumara,who
is |
321. Sanat kumara ( son of Brahma)
has said that even a moment's neglect of Brahman is death.
n
p#madadnTa©I{ÓyaE
åOa¢nn:
ÞvÞvãpt: ,
ttaE
maEhÞttaE{h|D£ÞttaE
bÓDÞttaE
ÛyTa
. 322 .
p#madadnTa©I{ÓyaE |
greater danger than
carelessness |
ÞvÞvãpt: |
about his own
real nature |
maEhÞttaE{h|D£ÞttaE |
comes delution,then
egoism |
bÓDÞttaE |
this is followed
by bondage |
ÛyTa |
and then comes
misery. |
322. Neglect of
remaining in Brahman brings delusion, ego and bondage.
Such neglect is the great enemy
of the knower.
¢vxya¢Bm¤K|
è¾qva
¢v¹a|sm¢p
¢vÞm¦¢t:
,
¢vXEpy¢t
D£daExWya©Ixa
jar¢mv
¢p#ym¯ .
323 .
¢vxya¢Bm¤K| |
even a wise
man |
¢v¹a|sm¢p |
hankering after the
sense objects |
¢vXEpy¢t |
disreguards the evil |
D£daExWya©Ixa |
propensities of Buddhi,as
a woman |
jar¢mv |
does her, to
illicit partner |
323. Delusion will
distract the knower at once and he thinks
of sense objects.
yTapk]¾|
SWval|
XNmaæO|
n ¢t¾¢t
,
Aav¦NaE¢t
tTa
maya
p#aåO| va¢p
praHqm¤Km¯
. 324 .
yTapk]¾| |
as, even if
removed |
n
¢t¾¢t |
does not stay
away |
p#aåO|
va¢p |
even a wise
man |
praHqm¤Km¯ |
if he is
averse to meditation on
the Self |
324. Even after removal from water,
the moss returns again. So too does Maya cover the intellect of the knower
when he is not careful.|FÁÓÏ
ÅÁÚÁI{GiFF0000G:|FÁÓÏ Þ£ÜW{®2:
lßyÅy¤t|
cEï¢d
¢cäOm£xdq
b¢hm¤IK|
s¢°ptEt¯
ttÞtt:
p#madt:
p#Åy¤tkE¢lkÓѤk:
saEpanpHq³aW
p¢ttaE
yTa
tTa . 325 .
lßyÅy¤t| |
from the Ideal
(Brahman) |
¢cäOm£xdq |
if the mind
ever so slightly |
b¢hm¤IK| |
and becomes outgoing |
s¢°ptEt¯ |
then it goes
down and down |
p#Åy¤tkE¢lkÓѤk:
|
play-ball inadvertently |
saEpanpHq³aW |
on the staircase |
325. The mind that is unmindful of its
objective , wanders far and wide, uncontrolled, even as a ball
rolls down the staircase and stops only
at the lowest step.
¢vxyEÝva¢vSÅcEt:
s|kÚpy¢t
tdqg¤Nan¯
,
sØyÀs|kÚpnaÏkam:
kamaÏp¤|s:
p#vtInm¯
. 326 .
¢vxyEÝva¢vSÅcEt: |
the mind that
is attached to the senseobjects |
tdqg¤Nan¯ |
on their qualities |
sØyÀs|kÚpnaÏkam: |
from mature reflection
arises desire |
kamaÏp¤|s: |
and after desiring,
a man |
p#vtInm¯ |
sets about having
that thing |
326. Thought of sense objects leads
to desires for them, and that to action to possess them, and these take
you away from your real Self.
At:
p#mada°
praE{¢Þt
m¦Ïy¤ -
¢vIvE¢knaE
b#'¢vd:
smaDaW
,
sma¢ht:
¢s¢ÑGm¤pW¢t
sØykq
sma¢htaÏma
Bv
savDan: .327
.
b#'¢vd: |
and the knower
of Brahman |
sma¢ht: |
with regard to
concentration |
¢s¢ÑGm¤pW¢t |
attains complete success |
sma¢htaÏma |
your mind (on
Brahman) |
savDan: |
(therefore) carefully |
327. The knower should therefore be
always self-possessed and alert, for negligence is death. Meticulous care
leads to attainment of Brahman soon, but care must be taken to remain in
Brahman all the time.
tt:
Þvãp¢vB#|SaE
¢vB#¾Þt¤
ptÏyD: ,
p¢ttÞy
¢vna
naS|
p¤nnaIraEh
iIßytE . 328 .
Þvãp¢vB#|SaE |
a man deviates
from his real nature |
¢vB#¾Þt¤ |
and the man
who has thus |
nnaIraEh
iIßytE |
and is scacely
seen to rise again |
328. Once you
fall back from your real
Self, you fall and there is no hope
for you.
Removal of Reflection
s|kÚp|
vjIyEäOÞmaÏsvaInTIÞy
karNm¯.
j£vtaE
yÞy
kWvÚy|
¢vdEhE s
c
kEvl: ,
y¢Ïk¢·ÏpÜytaE
BEd|
By|
b#¥tE yj¤:½¤¢t:
. 329 .
s|kÚp| |
reflecting on the
senseobjects |
vjIyEäOÞmaÏsvaInTIÞy |
one should give
up,which is the, of all
mischief |
yÞy |
he who is
completely aloof |
¢vdEhE |
after the dissolution
of the body |
s
c kEvl: |
he is the
Muktha |
y¢Ïk¢·ÏpÜytaE |
for one who
sees the least bit |
329. He who
is free even in this
body, can be free even outside it. How can
he be free outside it , when
he is not free even inside
it?
yda
kda
va¢p ¢vp¢àdEx
b#'ÎynÓtE{ÔyN¤maæOBEdm¯
,
pÜyÏyTam¤Ýy
By|
tdWv
y¹£¢Xt|
¢B°tya
p#madat¯
. 330 .
b#'ÎynÓtE{ÔyN¤maæOBEdm¯
|
the least difference
in the infinite Brahman |
pÜyÏyTam¤Ýy |
sees, then for
him |
y¹£¢Xt| |
that which he
sees |
¢B°tya |
as different through
mistake |
330. The knower who sees even a little
deviation from Brahman will experience fear, because all deviation
comes from ignorance.
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