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Adi Shankara Vakya Vritti verses
- “‘He am I’, the One
Consciousness, which is the Self that illumines the modifications in
my mind such as ‘my mind went elsewhere, however, it has been
brought to rest now’, – ‘He am I’ (So’ham).”
- “’He am I’, the One Consciousness which is
the Changeless Self that is directly cognised, that illumines the
three states of waking, dream, and deep-sleep, and that which
illumines appearance and disappearance of the intellect and its
functions – ‘He am I’ (So’ham).”
- “Know yourself to be the One Self, a
homogenous mass of Consciousness, which is the illuminator of the
body and therefore quite distinct from it – just as a lamp that
illumines a pot is always different from the pot illumined. ‘I am a
mass of Consciousness’ (Aham bodhavigraha).”
- “Know yourself to be the One for whose
sake beings and things such as children and wealth – are dear, who
is the sole seer and dearest of all. ‘He am I’ – ascertain thus and
realise, So’ham.”
- “Know yourself to be the One regarding
whom there is always the anxiety, ‘May I ever be; never cease to
be’, as this Seer is the dearest of all. ‘He am I’ – thus assert and
realise.”
- “The Consciousness, the Self, which
appears as the Witness, is that which is meant by the word ‘thou’.
Being free from all changes even the witnessing is nothing but the
illumining-power of the Self.”
- “Totally distinct from body, senses, mind,
Prana and Ego is that which is the Self; therefore, It is absolutely
free from the six-modifications, which all material things must
necessarily undergo. This Self is the indicative meaning of the term
“thou”.
- “Having thus ascertained the meaning of
the term “thou” one should reflect upon what is meant by the word
“that” – employing both the method of negation and also the direct
method of scriptural assertion.”
- “’That’, which is free from all the
impurities of the Samsara, ‘that’ which is defined by the Upanishads
as: ‘Not large etc., having the qualities of imperceptible etc.,
that is beyond all darkness created by ignorance”.
- “Having no greater Bliss than Itself, a
pure embodiment of External Consciousness, and having ‘existence’
for its specific definition, is the All-Pervading Being – is the
meaning indicated by the term ‘that’; so, the scriptures declare in
their songs.”
More Vakya Vritti Verses -
1-10,
11-20,
31-40,
41-53 ^Top
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