Karika # 30: etaireṣo’pṛthagbhāvaiḥ pṛthageveti lakṣitaḥ | evaṃ yo veda tattvena kalpayetso’viśaṅkitaḥ || 30 || 30. This Ātman, though non-separate from all these, appears, as it were, separate. One who knows this truly imagines (interprets) (the meaning of the Vedas) without hesitation. Gaudapada gave an elaborate list of various misconceptions of different philosophers; he says they commit mistake of looking at reality […]
Shloka # 46: I want to see You just as before, wearing a crown, wielding a mace, and holding a disc in hand. O You with thousand arms, O You of Cosmic form, appear with that very form with four hands. Continuing his teaching Swamiji said, shlokas # 35 to # 45 have been completed […]
Shloka # 46: I want to see You just as before, wearing a crown, wielding a mace, and holding a disc in hand. O You with thousand arms, O You of Cosmic form, appear with that very form with four hands. Continuing his teaching Swamiji said, shlokas # 35 to # 45 have been completed […]
Shloka # 43: You are the Father of all beings moving and non-moving; to this (world) You are worthy of worship, the Teacher, and greater (than a teacher). There is none equal to You; how at all can there be anyone greater even in all the three worlds, O You of unrivalled power? Continuing his […]
Karika # 18 niścitāyāṃ yathā rajjvāṃ vikalpo vinivartate | rajjureveti cādvaitaṃ tadvadātmaviniścayaḥ || 18 || 18. When the real nature of the rope is ascertained all illusions about it disappear and there arises the conviction that it is the one (unchanged) rope and nothing else; even so is the nature of the conviction regarding Ātman. Continuing his teaching […]
Karika # 24: kāla iti kālavido diśa iti ca tadvidaḥ | vādā iti vādavido bhuvanānīti tadvidaḥ || 24 || 24. The Knowers1 of time call It time2; the Knowers of space (ether) call It space (ether). Those versed in disputation call It the problem in dispute and the Knowers of the worlds call It the worlds.3 Continuing his […]
Shloka 11.34: You destroy Drona and Bhisma, and Jayadratha and Karna as also the other heroic warriors who have been killed by Me. Do not be afraid. Fight! You shall conquer the enemies in battle. Continuing his teaching Swamiji said, Sri Krishna gave an important advice to Arjuna: whenever an individual acts according to Dharma, […]
तस्मात्त्वमुत्तिष्ठ यशो लभस्व जित्वा शत्रून् भुङ्क्ष्व राज्यं समृद्धम्। मयैवैते निहताः पूर्वमेव निमित्तमात्रं भव सव्यसाचिन्।।11.33।। Therefore you rise up, (and) gain fame; and defeating the enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom. These have been killed verily by Me even earlier; be you merely an instrument, O Savyasacin (Arjuna). Continuing his teaching Swamiji said, appreciating Vishwarupa of Lord, […]
Karika # 16: जीवं कल्पयते पूर्वं वचो भावान्पृथग्विधान् । बाह्यानाध्यात्मिकांश्चैव यथाविद्यस्तथास्मृतिः ॥ १६ ॥ 16. First of all, is imagined the Jīva (the embodied being) and then are imagined the various entities, objective and subjective, that are perceived. As is (one’s) knowledge so is (one’s) memory of it. Continuing his teaching Swamiji said, by taking the dream example, Gaudapada established […]
Shloka # 29: यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः। तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोका स्तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः।।11.29।। As moths enter with increased haste into a glowing fire for destruction, in that very way do the creatures enter into Your mouths too, with increased hurry for destruction. Continuing his teaching Swamiji said, while appreciating the Vishwa […]