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DASA SLOKI : THE TEN - VERSED HYMEN ( I am that One Sivam ) -3 : Swami Chinmayananda

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28/09/2018 Slokam-2. "Na varna na varnasram-achara-dharma na me dharana-dhyana-yagadayo-pi, anatma-srayaham mana-dhyasa-hanah tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo-ham." na = ( I am ) neither; varna = castes; na = nor; varna-asrama-achara-dharmah = the rules of caste, society and custom; na = nor; me = for me; dharana = concentration; dhyana = meditation; yoga = yoga; adayah = etc ( nother practices ); api = even also; anatma = not-Self; asraya = is rooted in; aham = I; mama = mine; adhyasa = illusion; hanah = dispellable ( by the knowledge of Self ); tat-ekah = that one; avishistah = remains; sivah = Auspicious and Pure; kevalah = alone; aham = I am. " I am neither castes nor the rules of caste, society and custom, Yoga and other practices; for all this illusion of 'I' and 'Mine' is rooted in the not-Self, and is therefore dispellable by the knowledge of the Self. Therefore, I am that One, Auspicious and Pure, that alone re

DASA SLOKI : THE TEN - VERSED HYMEN ( I am that One Sivam ) -2. : Swami Chinmayananda

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08/09/2018 2. SLOKAM-1. Na bhumim-na-toyam na tejo na vayuh na kham nendriyam va na tesam samuhah anaikanti-katvat susuptyeka-siddhah tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo-ham. na - (I am) not, neither; bhumih - earth, na - nor; toyam - water; na - nor; tejah - fire; na - nor; vayuh - air; na - nor; kham - ether ( sky, space ); na - nor; indriyam - sense organ; va - and; na - nor; tesam - their, these; samuhah - aggregate, combination; anaika - all these; antikatvat - are transient, variable by nature; susupti - deep sleep; eka - unique experience of; siddhah - (Self ) whose existence is proved; tat ekah - that one; avasishtah - remains; sivah - Auspicious and Pure; kevalah - alone; aham - I am. Essence ( Tattvam ) : " I am neither earth nor water, nor fire, nor air, nor ether, nor sense organ, nor the aggregate of all these; for all these are transient, variable by nature, while the Self is that whose existence is proved by the unique experienc