DASA SLOKI : THE TEN - VERSED HYMEN ( I am that One Sivam ) - 5 : Swami Chinmayananda


18/11/2018
Slokam-4.

Na samkhyam na saivam na tat panca-ratram
na jainam na mumamsa-kader-matam va
visstanu-butya visuddhatma-katvat
tadeko-vasistah sivah kevalo ham.

na - neither;
samkhyam - samkhya (doctrine );
na - nor;
saivam - saiva ( doctrine );
na - nor;
tat - that;
pancaratram - panca-ratram ( doctrine );
na - nor;
jainam - jaina ( doctrine );
na - nor;
mimasaka - the mimasaka (doctrine );
adeh - any other ( holds good );
matam - dictrine;
va - and, or;
visista - special;
anubutya - by realisation ( it is revealed );
visuddha - absolutely pure;
atmakatvat - my nature is;
tadekah - that one;
avasistah - remains;
sivah - Auspeicious and Pure;
kevalo ham - alone I am.

" Neither the Samkhya doctrine nor the Saiva, nor the Pancaratra, nor the Jaina, nor the Mimamsaka, nor any other ( doctrine ) holds good; for, by special realisation it is revealed that my  nature is absolutely Pure. Therefore, I am that One, Auspicious and Pure, that alone remains."

To be continued ..


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