THE RIVER SARASWATHI
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There are many legends about the mystic and legendary river The Saraswathi. We all revere Goddess Saraswathy as the mother of learning also. During KALASA POOJA when we perform archana on KALASA we always chant the names of Hindus’ sacred rivers thus : “ गंगयै नमः, गोदावर्रै नमः, सरस्वथ्त्है नमः नर्म्मदायै नमः , सिन्धवे नमः. We also chant “ गन्गे चा यमुने चैव गोदावरी सरस्वति ,नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरी जलेस्मिन सन्निधिं कुरु “ Why ancient Hindus treated them as sacred is our survival itself was based on them. Our ancestors were living on the sides of the river beds from where our civilization started. when we read the Vedas we find many tantalizing descriptions of this mystic river . But, there is no one now who has seen it. When I went to KASI, I asked the PUROHIT there to tell me where was SARASWATHI RIVER for which, he pointed at a distance and said that the river had become ANTHERVAHINI and water from Sraswathi River could be seen in a well at that place . I felt like laughing at him. Even we were in doubts whether this river was flowing through Bharath starting from The HIMALYAS and flowing down and joining the Arabian Sea and making Rajasthan desert fertile, till we got a satellite image of the River which is given above. This discovery has helped many archaeological scientists who excavated about 1000 sites. The prehistoric town of KALIBANGAN is one of the sites in Rajasthan through which this mythological river was passing, as per the archaeological scientists, about 3000 years BC.In Rig Veda hymns in Book 10 – 75 our Indian Rivers have been described. There are 10 Rivers described in the Rig Veda thus “O Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Shutudri(Sutlej), Parushni (Iravati, Ravi), follow my praise! O Asikni (Chenab) Marudvridha, Vitasta (Jhelum), with the Arjikiya (Beas) and Sushoma (Sohan), listen!” again from the Wikipedia “Verses in Rig Veda 6-61 indicate that the Sarasvati river originated in the hills or mountains (giri), where she "burst with her strong waves the ridges of the hills (giri)". It is a matter of interpretation whether this refers only to the Himalayan foothills like the present-day Sarasvati (Sarsuti) river. “
In many texts of our Vedas, Upanishads etc. we can see the name of The River Saraswathy mentioned.
I am sure as we chant in Sankalpa about MERU PARVATHA this river was definitely flowing starting from the HIMALAYAS and through the present deserts of Rajastan making it fertile was flowing and reaching the Arabian Sea and ultimately flowing into it.
I request readers to read the passage about the “Re-discovery of River Sarasvati”
http://www/. Eshiusa.org /article Saraswathy etc and the efforts taken by our scientists to make the Rajasthan desert fertile.
Friends, in my opinion , the descriptions given in the Vedas, Puranas etrc. about our rivers, ,civilization, mountains etc are true and might have lost due to a big TSUNAMY or any other such big natural calamities.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
A TRAVELOGUE FROM BANGALORE TO GOA VIA JOG FALLS, MURDESHWAR AND GOKARNA AND BACK VIA DHARWAR-HUBLI
Friends,
We, my self, my wife, Son, daughter in law and my two grand daughters went on a trip to JOG FALLS, MURDESHWAR, GOKARNA and GOA from Bangalore on 9th of October, 2010. We started exactly at 0530 hours and reached JOG FALLS by about 11.30 hours, and reached back to Bangalore on 12th of this month by about 20.30 hours. I am giving below a brief account of what I saw. The onward journey was via SHIVAMUKHA ( SHIMOGA). The road condition was horrible.
The JOG FALLS: You can see beautiful Water falls about eight in number at this place. Although there is an Electricity Generating Station, it is not working since I feel there is no enough water now. However you can see the water falls. From this place we went to MURDESHAR and stayed at NAVIN RESIDENCY A GROUP OF HOTELS of RNS Group. Here you can see a Siva Statue made by RNS Group which is a tallest Siva Statues. Yhere is also a STATUE of GEETHOPADESHA.
There is a big Temple of Lord Shiva which is one of the places where one piece of ATMA LINGA fell when Raven tried to remove it from Gokarna. The other places where the pieces fell are (1) MAHABALESHAR where the big piece of Lord's Atma Linga fell (2) DHARESHWAR temple Which is on NANGALORE - GOA HIGH WAY., (3) GUNAVANTESHARA TEMPLE which is situaed 16 Kms away on South of GOKARNA in NH 17. (4) SHEJJESHAR TEMPLE which is App. 45 Kms from GOKARNA on NH 17. These 5 Places which include MURDESHWARA are called SHIVA MUKTHI STHALAS . (PANCHA KSHETHRAS) We performed Pooja in MURDESHAWA temple and then stayed in our Room opposite to the SEA SHORE. On the next day that is 10th of October, we started at about 0730 hours and went to Gokarna. I need not tell you the Story of GOKARNA. It is the place where Lord Ganapathy placed the Atma Linga which Ravana gave him to keep and guard when he went to perform SANDHYA VANDANA (BEING A BRAHMIN) . However, Ganapathy put a condition that he would place the Linga after calling Ravana thrice and since Ravana had not completed his Sandhya Vandana , Ganesha left the Linga at this place on the ground. Ravana tried to remove the Linga, but he could not remove it . but the power of Ravana was great and the Linga broke but did not come out. . and the pieces fell in other five places. The Lord is called so because HE is so strong (MAHA BALAVAN) that HE could not be removed with even the strength of Ravana. Thus the Name MAHA BALESHWARA came. MURDESHARA CAME since ISHARA WAS broken and a piece fell at this place . MURIDA in Kannada is MURINHA in Malayalam and MURINJA in Tamil and THOKTA HUA IN HINDI. (This is my presumption) , We performed Pooja at Gokarna where the last piece of Atma Linga which could not be removed is inside water. However we could touch this Linga which is firmly fixed to the ground and broken. Apart from this there is a Square SALIGRAMA PEETHA which is unique in size and shape. . There is a GANAPATHY TEMPLE which is slightly away from this shrine but not too far. This Ganapathy is in STANDING POSTURE AND there is a hole on his head. The person who performed pooja told us that the hole on HIS head is made by Ravana when he gave a thrash on the head of GANAPATHI (Thalele kutteenappo; Sirme Thaden karneka samay ) . Now I shall tell as to why GO KARNA got the name so. GO means COW in English and KARNA means ear. Since this place is located between The Rivers Gangavali and Agasthini which is a confluence of the rivers and which is ear shaped, it is called GOKARNA. The place gets its name from the local legend that Lord Shiva emerged from the ear of a cow. From Gokarna we went to GOA and stayed in HOTEL HOLIDAY INN. It is a package deal. Being a five starred hotel, the meals including breakfast were free and excellent. The room was good and staff very courteous and pleasing. There is nothing much to see there for people like me except the SEA, journey in a boat to see wild black Dolphins, and a trip arranged by the INN to see GOA in which they arranged a trip in a big steamer for about an hour or so. They first took us to a temple called MangeshwarTemple dedicated to Lord SHIVA. The guide told us hat it is 400 years old temple but which was not at all worth going and seeing, then to St. Xavier'church in Old Goa. It was a pleasure to me to see the body of the Saint in tact ,which is kept on top. Although the body is fully shrunk and covered by skin only, it is really a marvel. I also enjoyed the trap in the steamer. Children enjoyed sea bath and swimming in the pool of the INN. The journey towards BANGALORE from GOA via DHARWAR and HUBLI was very tedious and about 700 Kames. The road condition is very good. I was dead tired; even I could not get up on the next day. This is a small detail of our journey... Regards to all
P.R.RADHAKRISHNAN
Thursday, September 09, 2010
MALAYALAM TRANSLITERATION AND MEANING IN ENGLISH BY
P.R.RADHAKRISHNAN
ആദി ശങ്കരകൃതം മനീഷാപന്ചകം
FIVE VERSES OF CONVICTIONS
Written by HH. Adi Shankara
This is written as a dialogue between Adi Shankara and a Low Caste (PARAYA) who CAME with FOUR DOGS from the opposite direction of the way by which Adi Shankara and his disciples were going to perform Pooja to Lord Viswantha of Banares.The low caste person was none other than Lord Shiva and the four dogs accompanying him were the FOUR VEDAS.
അന്നമയാദന്നമയാമഥവാ ചൈതന്യമേവ ചൈതന്യാത്
യതിവര ദൂരീകര്ത്തും വാഞ്ചസി കിം ബ്രൂഹി ഗച്ഛഗച്ഛേതി
Meaning : Oh. Greatest among the Greatest of ascetics please tell me what do you want to move away by saying “GO GO “ . Did you mean that the body of mine made of food to move away to another body made of food or consciousness to move away from consciousness
പ്രത്യഗ് വസ്ഥുനി നിസ്തരംഗസഹജാനന്ദാവബോധാംബുധൗ
വിപ്രോSയം ശ്വപചോSയമിത്യാപി മഹാന് കൊSയം- വിഭേധഭ്രമഃ
കിം ഗംഗാംബുനി ബിംബിതേ. അംബരമണൌ ചണ്ഡാളാവീതീ പയഃ
പൂരെ വാ. അന്തരമസ്തി കാഞ്ചനഘടീംമൃത്കുംഭയോര്വാംബരേ.
Meaning :* Oh! brAhmaNA Is there any difference between the reflection of the SUN in the waters of
What difference it makes in the ripple free ocean of bliss and the soul of a brahmana and an outcaste? { Friends, Adi Shankara immediately came to know that the person who came opposite was none other than Lord SHIVA and the dogs which were accompanying Him were the four VEDAS. Adi Shankara immediately prostrated before the out-caste and begged apology.}
and then says :
1, ജാഗ്രത് സ്വപ്നസുഷുപ്തിഷു സ്ഫുടതരാ യാ സംവിദുത്ഝൃംഭതെ
യാ ബ്രഹ്മാദിപിപീലികാന്ത തനുഷു പ്രൊതാ ജഗത്സാക്ഷിണീ
സൈവാഹം ന ച ദൃശ്യ വസ്ത്വിതി ദൃഢപ്രജ്ഞാപി യസ്യാസ്തി ചെ
ചണ്ഡാളോ അസ്തു സ തു ദ്വിജോ അസ്തു ഗുരുര് ഇത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
Meaning : If one is fully convinced that, the soul which is
clear and obvious itself in all the three conditions of lives i.e. in dream, sound sleep and also in awakened conditions and in all objects from BRAHMA (THE CREATOR) to a very small object ant which is also the vibrant, but invisible and witness to all our deeds, and as per my conclusion which is very clear is the great teacher or preceptor irrespective of whether he is a ** DWIJA or an outcaste.
NOTE 2.**Dvija (sanskrit) means one who is twice born. The term refers to one of the members of the first three varnas in Hindu Dharma. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas are included in Dvija, although in many Shastras, Dvija usually refers to Brahmin
സര്വ്വം ചൈതദവിദ്യയാ തൃഗുണയാ അശേഷം മയാ ക്ലിപ്തം
ഇത്ഥം യസ്യ ദൃഡാ മതിഃ സുഖതരേ നിത്യേ പരേ നിര്മ്മലേ
ചണ്ഡാളോ അസ്തു സ തു ദ്വിജോ അസ്തു ഗുരുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : I now, have the conviction, that irrespective of whether one is a Brahmin by birth or born as an out caste, he is the very BRAHMAN which is pure and infinite spread on every thing which although looks like consisting of many different things due to our ignorance and the three attributes which are (1) Sattva (purity, light, harmony), (2) Rajas (passion, activity, motion), and (3) Tamas ( inertia, darkness, inertness, inactivity).
നിത്യം ബ്രഹ്മ നിരന്തരം വിമൃശതാ നിര്വ്യാജ ശാന്താത്മനാ
ഭുതം ഭാതി ച ദുഷ്കൃതം പ്രദഹതാ സംവിന്മയേ പാവകെ
പ്രാരബ്ധായ സമര്പ്പിതം സ്വവപുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : I am convinced beyond doubts by the GURU’SWords (GURU = Teacher, preceptor ) that the whole universe is a moving illusion and hence the human body is given to constantly worship the supreme and infinite being with a clear and unquestioning mind and burn in that sacred fire of meditation all the sins with which a human being is born.
4/ യാ തിര്യജ്ഞാനരദേവതാഭിരഹമിത്യാന്തഃ സ്ഫുടാഗൃഹ്യതേ
യദ്ഭാസാ ഹൃദയാക്ഷദേഹവിഷയാ ഭാന്തി സ്വതോ അചേതനാഃ
താം ഭാസ്സ്യിഃ പിഹിതാര്ക്കമണ്ഡലനിഭാം സ്പൂര്ത്തിം സദാ ഭാവയഃ
ന്യോഗീ നിര്വൃതമാനസോ ഹി ഗുരുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
5. യത്സൌഖ്യാംബുധിലേശലേശത ഇമേ ശക്രാദയൊ നിര്വൃതാ
യച്ചിത്തേ നിതരാം പ്രശാന്തകലനെ ലഭ്യാ മുനിര്നിര്വൃതഃ
യസ്മിന്നിത്യസുഖാംബുധൌ ഗലിതധീര്ബ്രഹ്മൈവ ന ബ്രഹ്മവിദ്
യഃ കസ്ചിത്സ സുരേന്ദ്ര വന്ദിതപദോ നൂനം മനീഷാ മമ.
ദാസസ്തേ അഹം ദേഹദൃഷ്ട്യാ അസ്മി ശംഭോ
ജാതസ്തേം അശോ ജീവാദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്രിദൃഷ്ടേ
സര്വസ്യാത്മന്നാത്മദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്വമേവേ -
ത്യേവം മേ ധീര്നിശ്ചിതാ സര്വശാസ്ത്രൈഃ
ഇതി ശ്രീമദ് ശങ്കരഭഗവതഃ കൃതൌ മനീഷാപന്ചകം സംപൂര്ണം
COMPOSED BY SRIMAD SHANKARA
BHAGAVATAH
THIS ID THE GIST of HH ADI SHANKARA'S ADVAITHA SIDDAANTHA,
{MALAYALAM TRANSLITERATION AND MEANING IN ENGLISH BY
P.R.RADHAKRISHNAN)
ആദി ശങ്കരകൃതം മനീഷാപന്ചകം
FIVE VERSES OF CONVICTIONS
Written by HH. Adi Shankara
This is written as a dialogue between Adi Shankara and a Low Caste (PARAYA) who CAME with FOUR DOGS from the opposite direction of the way by which Adi Shankara and his disciples were going to perform Pooja to Lord Viswantha of Banares.The low caste person was none other than Lord Shiva and the four dogs accompanying him were the FOUR VEDAS.
അന്നമയാദന്നമയാമഥവാ ചൈതന്യമേവ ചൈതന്യാത്ഃ
യതിവര ദൂരീകര്ത്തും വാഞ്ചസി കിം ബ്രൂഹി ഗച്ഛഗച്ഛേതി
Meaning : Oh. Greatest among the Greatest of ascetics
Please tell me what do you want to move away by saying “GO GO “ . Did you mean that the body of mine made of food to move away to another body made of food or consciousness to move away from consciousness.
പ്രത്യഗ് വസ്ഥുനി നിസ്തരംഗസഹജാനന്ദാവബോധാംബുധൗ
* വിപ്രോSയം ശ്വപചോSയമിത്യാപി മഹാന് കൊSയം- വിഭേധഭ്രമഃ
കിം ഗംഗാംബുനി ബിംബിതേ. അംബരമണൌ ചണ്ഡാളാവീതീ പയഃ
പൂരെ വാ. അന്തരമസ്തി കാഞ്ചനഘടീംമൃത്കുംഭയോര്വാംബരേ.
Meaning : Oh! brAhmaNA Is there any difference between the reflection of the SUN in the waters of
What difference it makes in the ripple free ocean of bliss and
Note :- *In some versions I have seen yathivara instead of VIPRO
the soul of a brahmana and an outcaste? { Friends, Adi Shankara immediately came to know that the person who came opposite was none other than Lord SHIVA and the dogs which were accompanying Him were the four VEDAS. Adi Shankara immediately prostrated before the out-caste and begged apology.}
and then says :
1, ജാഗ്രത് സ്വപ്നസുഷുപ്തിഷു സ്ഫുടതരാ യാ സംവിദുത്ഝൃംഭതെ
യാ ബ്രഹ്മാദിപിപീലികാന്ത തനുഷു പ്രൊതാ ജഗത്സാക്ഷിണീ
സൈവാഹം ന ച ദൃശ്യ വസ്ത്വിതി ദൃഢപ്രജ്ഞാപി യസ്യാസ്തി ചെ
ചണ്ഡാളോ അസ്തു സ തു ദ്വിജോ അസ്തു ഗുരുര് ഇത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
Meaning : If one is fully convinced that, the soul which is
clear and obvious itself in all the three conditions of lives i.e. in dream, sound sleep and also in awakened conditions and in all objects from BRAHMA (THE CREATOR) to a very small object ant which is also the vibrant, but invisible and witness to all our deeds, and as per my conclusion which is very clear is the great teacher or preceptor irrespective of whether he is a ** DWIJA or
an outcaste.
NOTE 2.**Dvija (sanskrit) means one who is twice born. The term refers to one of the members of the first three varnas in Hindu Dharma. Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas are included in Dvija, although in many Shastras, Dvija usually refers to Brahmin
2. ബ്രഹ്മൈവാഹമിദം ജഗച്ച സകലം ചിന്മാത്രവിസ്താരിതം
സര്വ്വം ചൈതദവിദ്യയാ തൃഗുണയാ അശേഷം മയാ ക്ലിപ്തം
ഇത്ഥം യസ്യ ദൃഡാ മതിഃ സുഖതരേ നിത്യേ പരേ നിര്മ്മലേ
ചണ്ഡാളോ അസ്തു സ തു ദ്വിജോ അസ്തു ഗുരുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : I now, have the conviction that irrespective of whether one is a Brahmin by birth or born as an out caste, that he is the very BRAHMAN which is pure and infinite spread on every thing which although looks like consisting of many different things due to our ignorance and the three attributes which are (1) Sattva (purity, light, harmony), (2) Rajas (passion, activity, motion), and (3) Tamas ( inertia, darkness, inertness, inactivity).
3. ശശ്വന്നശ്വരമേവ വിശ്വമഖിലം നിശ്ചിത്യ വാചാ ഗുരോര്
നിത്യം ബ്രഹ്മ നിരന്തരം വിമൃശതാ നിര്വ്യാജ ശാന്താത്മനാ
ഭുതം ഭാതി ച ദുഷ്കൃതം പ്രദഹതാ സംവിന്മയേ പാവകെ
പ്രാരബ്ധായ സമര്പ്പിതം സ്വവപുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : I am convinced beyond doubts by the GURU’S
Words (GURU = Teacher, preceptor ) that the whole universe is a moving illusion and hence the human body is given to constantly worship the supreme and infinite being with a clear and unquestioning mind and burn in that sacred fire of meditation all the sins with which a human being is born.
4/ യാ തിര്യജ്ഞാനരദേവതാഭിരഹമിത്യാന്തഃ സ്ഫുടാഗൃഹ്യതേ
യദ്ഭാസാ ഹൃദയാക്ഷദേഹവിഷയാ ഭാന്തി സ്വതോ അചേതനാഃ
താം ഭാസ്സ്യിഃ പിഹിതാര്ക്കമണ്ഡലനിഭാം സ്പൂര്ത്തിം സദാ ഭാവയഃ
ന്യോഗീ നിര്വൃതമാനസോ ഹി ഗുരുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING :
A yogi is great only when he understands “I” which appears as sentient generally, but which is pure, This self consciousness by which the yogi understands the insentient quality of mind , senses and body makes him pure. The sentient qualities which are found in ordinary people, are just like sun getting concealed by clouds. This is my well considered opinion.
5. യത്സൌഖ്യാംബുധിലേശലേശത ഇമേ ശക്രാദയൊ നിര്വൃതാ
യച്ചിത്തേ നിതരാം പ്രശാന്തകലനെ ലഭ്യാ മുനിര്നിര്വൃതഃ
യസ്മിന്നിത്യസുഖാംബുധൌ ഗലിതധീര്ബ്രഹ്മൈവ ന ബ്രഹ്മവിദ്
യഃ കസ്ചിത്സ സുരേന്ദ്ര വന്ദിതപദോ നൂനം മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : My conviction is that the SELF which is Brahman and which dwells upon the Supreme one who is even worshipped by INDRA and other Gods . The sage experiences
by worshipping this SELF with calm mind and perfection, fulfillment and thus is not only the knower of BRAHMAN but BRAHMAN it self.
ദാസസ്തേ അഹം ദേഹദൃഷ്ട്യാ അസ്മി ശംഭോ
ജാതസ്തേം അശോ ജീവാദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്രിദൃഷ്ടേ
സര്വസ്യാത്മന്നാത്മദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്വമേവേ -
ത്യേവം മേ ധീര്നിശ്ചിതാ സര്വശാസ്ത്രൈഃ
MEANING : Oh Lord, when my soul is in my body, the body is your servant but you remain my soul. I have come to a conclusion after going through the various and through scriptures and my intellect that you are with in me and all others in the form of soul.
ഇതി ശ്രീമദ് ശങ്കരഭഗവതഃ കൃതൌ മനീഷാപന്ചകം സംപൂര്ണം
MEANING : Thus ends MANIISHAA PANCHAKAM
COMPOSED BY SRIMAD SHANKARA
BHAGAVATAH
____________(RK)____________
{MALAYALAM TRANSLITERATION AND MEANING IN ENGLISH BY
P.R.RADHAKRISHNAN)
ആദി ശങ്കരകൃതം മനീഷാപന്ചകം\
FIVE VERSES OF CONVICTIONS
Written by HH. Adi Shankara
This is written as a dialogue between Adi Shankara and a Low Caste (PARAYA) who CAME with FOUR DOGS from the opposite direction of the way by which Adi Shankara and his disciples were going to perform Pooja to Lord Viswantha of Banares.The low caste person was none other than Lord Shiva and the four dogs accompanying him were the FOUR VEDAS.
അന്നമയാദന്നമയാമഥവാ ചൈതന്യമേവ ചൈതന്യാത്ഃ
യതിവര ദൂരീകര്ത്തും വാഞ്ചസി കിം ബ്രൂഹി ഗച്ഛഗച്ഛേതി
പ്രത്യഗ് വസ്ഥുനി നിസ്തരംഗസഹജാനന്ദാവബോധാംബുധൗ
* വിപ്രോSയം ശ്വപചോSയമിത്യാപി മഹാന് കൊSയം- വിഭേധഭ്രമഃ
കിം ഗംഗാംബുനി ബിംബിതേ. അംബരമണൌ ചണ്ഡാളാവീതീ പയഃ
പൂരെ വാ. അന്തരമസ്തി കാഞ്ചനഘടീംമൃത്കുംഭയോര്വാംബരേ.
Meaning : Oh! brAhmaNA Is there any difference between the reflection of the SUN in the waters of
What difference it makes in the ripple free ocean of bliss and
the soul of a brahmana and an outcaste? { Friends, Adi Shankara immediately came to know that the person who came opposite was none other than Lord SHIVA and the dogs which were accompanying Him were the four VEDAS. Adi Shankara immediately prostrated before the out-caste and begged apology.}
and then says :
യാ ബ്രഹ്മാദിപിപീലികാന്ത തനുഷു പ്രൊതാ ജഗത്സാക്ഷിണീ
സൈവാഹം ന ച ദൃശ്യ വസ്ത്വിതി ദൃഢപ്രജ്ഞാപി യസ്യാസ്തി ചെ
ചണ്ഡാളോ അസ്തു സ തു ദ്വിജോ അസ്തു ഗുരുര് ഇത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
സര്വ്വം ചൈതദവിദ്യയാ തൃഗുണയാ അശേഷം മയാ ക്ലിപ്തം
ഇത്ഥം യസ്യ ദൃഡാ മതിഃ സുഖതരേ നിത്യേ പരേ നിര്മ്മലേ
ചണ്ഡാളോ അസ്തു സ തു ദ്വിജോ അസ്തു ഗുരുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : I now, have the conviction that irrespective of whether one is a Brahmin by birth or born as an out caste, that he is the very BRAHMAN which is pure and infinite spread on every thing which although looks like consisting of many different things due to our ignorance and the three attributes which are (1) Sattva (purity, light, harmony), (2) Rajas (passion, activity, motion), and (3) Tamas ( inertia, darkness, inertness, inactivity).
നിത്യം ബ്രഹ്മ നിരന്തരം വിമൃശതാ നിര്വ്യാജ ശാന്താത്മനാ
ഭുതം ഭാതി ച ദുഷ്കൃതം പ്രദഹതാ സംവിന്മയേ പാവകെ
പ്രാരബ്ധായ സമര്പ്പിതം സ്വവപുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING : I am convinced beyond doubts by the GURU’S
Words (GURU = Teacher, preceptor ) that the whole universe is a moving illusion and hence the human body is given to constantly worship the supreme and infinite being with a clear and unquestioning mind and burn in that sacred fire of meditation all the sins with which a human being is born.
4/ യാ തിര്യജ്ഞാനരദേവതാഭിരഹമിത്യാന്തഃ സ്ഫുടാഗൃഹ്യതേ
യദ്ഭാസാ ഹൃദയാക്ഷദേഹവിഷയാ ഭാന്തി സ്വതോ അചേതനാഃ
താം ഭാസ്സ്യിഃ പിഹിതാര്ക്കമണ്ഡലനിഭാം സ്പൂര്ത്തിം സദാ ഭാവയഃ
ന്യോഗീ നിര്വൃതമാനസോ ഹി ഗുരുരിത്യേഷാ മനീഷാ മമ.
MEANING :
യച്ചിത്തേ നിതരാം പ്രശാന്തകലനെ ലഭ്യാ മുനിര്നിര്വൃതഃ
യസ്മിന്നിത്യസുഖാംബുധൌ ഗലിതധീര്ബ്രഹ്മൈവ ന ബ്രഹ്മവിദ്
യഃ കസ്ചിത്സ സുരേന്ദ്ര വന്ദിതപദോ നൂനം മനീഷാ മമ.
ദാസസ്തേ അഹം ദേഹദൃഷ്ട്യാ അസ്മി ശംഭോ
ജാതസ്തേം അശോ ജീവാദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്രിദൃഷ്ടേ
സര്വസ്യാത്മന്നാത്മദൃഷ്ട്യാ ത്വമേവേ -
ത്യേവം മേ ധീര്നിശ്ചിതാ സര്വശാസ്ത്രൈഃ
ഇതി ശ്രീമദ് ശങ്കരഭഗവതഃ കൃതൌ മനീഷാപന്ചകം സംപൂര്ണം
COMPOSED BY SRIMAD SHANKARA
BHAGAVATAH
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