Sanskrit Transliteration Code

151.                 sarvaM kiMcididaM dRzyaM dRgrUpeNaiva bhAsate / cin-niSpandAMza-mAtraM tat nAnyadastIti bhAvaya //

 

Whatever we are experiencing is only a shine of Consciousness. Everything is a fragment of the expansion of Consciousness. Know that there is nothing else.

 

152.                 dRgjyotiSaH kaNA eva mano-buddhIndriyAdayaH mUlAn-niryAnti-saMyAnti  yathAgnes-savitus-tathA //

 

The mind, intellect and senses, etc. are only fragments of the Light of Consciousness. They emanate from and dissolve in, the same source. Just as (from) Fire or the Sun.

 

153.                 guNA ete prakAzante dyotayanty-aiva tatvadaM / zrI-rAmacandra-mukteSu dRgjyotir-hanumAniva //

 

The guNas illuminating them  only indicate (the existence of) the Absolute;  just like Hanuman, the essential Light emanating from Sri Ramachandra.

 

154.                 svayaM vikramate lokAn na glAnim adhigacchati / jyotir-mayIM parAM zaktiM AsAdy-opazamaM vrajet //

 

This Light journeys through the universe but suffers no damage. Reaching  the Absolute Effulgence it attains Supreme Peace.

 

155.                 evaM dRk-chakti-vistAraM yaH pazyati sa pazyati / dRg-jyotizca kalAtItA dRSTA sIteti ca priyaM //

 

Thus is the expansion of the power of the Right Perception. He who sees thus, sees. This Light transcends the kalA (of the Trinity: nAda, bindu and kalA) (and ends up with) the pleasing experience of  ‘Seen is sItA’

 

156.                 zrutvA tu vacanaM rAmaH kapInAM vacanaM madhu / madhu pItvA madhuvane  kasthabrahma pibantyaho //

157.                 kapInAM rudra-rUpatvAt sadAnanda-bhujaH svataH /

 

[1]Rama  heard the pleasant news from the words of the monkeys. They indulged in drinking in the madhu-forest. It was like the enjoyment of Supreme Bliss of Brahman for them.  Monkeys are manifestation of the Rudras.  They are by nature the experiencers of  brahma-Ananda.

 

manaso’pi javIyastvaM dRk-chakter-vaibhavaM mahat //

158.                 airAvato vajra-sUryau bakSyarUpeNa kalpitAH / vireNApy-Anjaneyena grasyate svetarajjagat //

 

The power of Absolute Vision is so great that it is faster than Mind. The hero Anjaneya  (with that kind of speed) imagined the Sun[2] to be an eatable (and went after it) and consumed everything in the universe other than the Self.

 

159.                 ityarthe caiva dRgjyotiH ativegavad-ucyate / tad-viSNoH paramaM jyotiH sUribhogyaM yathArthavat //

 

Thus the Light Supreme in taking us to the goal is supremely fast. The goal is the Supreme Effulgence of VishNu, enjoyed as it is, as the In-dweller.

 

160.                 yajjyotir-na vidur-devAH vedyatvena kadAcana /           tripuTI varjitaM vedyaM sva-mAtreNAvazeSitaM //

 

Even the divines never understood that Effulgence as an object of knowledge. It is to be known as devoid of the triad (knower, known, knowledge). It is just the Pure Self.

 

161.                 ayaM matsyo’hyayaM kUrmaH iti dRSTizca bhedakRt / brAhmaNaz-coddhare jyotiH  jyotir-mayam-idamtviti //

 

The vision that distinguishes that ‘this is a fish’ and ‘this is a pig’ is what makes for difference. This (universe) is pervaded by the Absolute Glow.  (Note: brAhmaNazcoddhare jyotiH  is not translated)

 

162.                 samyag-dRSTyA brahma vayaM zrI-kRSNasya ca kA kathA / pUrNAnandaM paraM brahma rAma-kRSNAdi nAmabhiH //

 

‘We are brahman’ is the Right Perception. What else does Sri Krishna’s story tell us? The Blissful Supreme Brahman (comes down) with the names of Rama and Krishna.

 

163.                 loka-dRSTir-mAmsamayI bhedAnAM kAraNaM bhavet / jyotir-mayI divya-dRSTiH  dRSTireva carAcaraM //

 

Worldly physical perception is the source of all distinctions.The enlightened divine perception shows Itself as the entire Moving and Unmoving.

 

164.                 yadA ca laukikI dRSTiH asmAt-pratinivartyate /           samyag-dRSTir-mahAlakSmIH lakSa-dRSTi-vighAtinI //

 

Exit the worldly perception  from us and lo! There is the Right Perception, the Goddess Lakshmi Herself, who is the destroyer of lakhs of other visions.

 

165.                 sarvabhUteS-veka-bhAvaH prazastaz-zAstra-kotiSu / sAra-sAram-idaM proktaM  jani-mRtyAdi-nAzakaM //

 

In millions of  zAstras, the perception of oneness of all beings is extolled. This is the core of the core of our scriptures. It is said to be the destroyer of the cycle of births and deaths.

 

Copyright Ó  Mar.27, 2002   V. Krishnamurthy   

 

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[1] This is one of those slokas where the words are clear but the esoteric meaning is not clear. ‘ka’ means Brahman. ‘kasthabrahma’ is not clear to me.  VK

[2] airAvato-vajra-sUryo  - is perhaps the reference to Indra’s hitting Anjaneya with his vajra weapon.  But how to build it in this sloka is beyond me. VK