DASA SLOKI : THE TEN - VERSED HYMEN ( I am that One Sivam ) - 7 : Swami Chinmayananda


31/03/2019
Slokam - 6.

" Na sukalam na ktshnam na raktam na pitam
na kubjam na pinam na hrshvam na dirgham,
arupam tatha jyotir-akara-katvat
tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo ham."

na - ( I am ) neither;
sukalam - white;
na - nor;
krshnam - black;
na - neither;
raktam - red;
na - nor;
pitam - yellow;
na - neither;
kubjam - lean, bent;
na - nor;
pinam - stout;
na - neither;
hrshvam - short;
na - nor;
dirgham - tall;
arupam - incapable of being known in any manner or form;
tatha - and;
jyotih - light;
akarakatvat - being of the nature ( form ) of;
tadekah - that one;
avasishtah - remains;
sivah - Auspicious and pure;
kevalo ham - alone I am.

" I am neither white nor black, neither red or yellow, neither lean, bent nor stout, neither short nor nor long, tall; incapable of being known in any manner or form, owing to my being of the nature of light ( knowledge or self- resplendent Consciousness ). Therefore, I am that one, Auspicious and Pure, that alone remains."

To be continued ... 


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