Bharathiya Guru Parampara : (10/04/2013. )

19/05/2019 Slokam-7. "Na sasta na sastram na sishyo na siksha na ca tvam na caham  na cayam parapanchah svarupava-bodho vikalpa-sahishnuh tadeko-vasishtah sivah kevalo ham." na = (there is ) neither; sasta = teacher; na = nor; sasram = scripture; na = neither; sishyah = pupil; na = neither; siksha = teaching; na ca = and neither; tvam you ( the hearer ); na ca = and nor; aham = I ( the speaker ); na ca  and nor; ayam = this; prapanchah = empirical universe; svarupah = true nature; avabodhah = teaching of; vikalpah = differentiation; asahishnuh = does not admit; tadekah = that One; avisishtah = remains; sivah = Auspicious and Pure; kevalo ham = alone Iam. "There is neither teacher nor scripture, neitherb pupil nor teaching, neither you ( the hearer ) nor I ( the speaker ), nor this empirical universe; for, the teaching of one's true nature ( the consciousness of Reality ) does not admit of differentiation. Therefore, I am that On...

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,...

10/02/2019 Slokam-5. Na cordhvam na cardho na cantaran-na-bahyam na madhyam na tiryan na purva para dik, viyad-vyapakatvat akhandaika-rupah tadeko-vasistah sivah kevalo-ham. na - ( I am ) neither; urdhavam - above; na ca - and nor; adhah - below; na ca - and neither; antah - inside; na ca - and nor; bahyam - outside; na - neither; madhyam - middle; na - nor; tiryam - across; na - neither; purva - east; para dik - other directions i.e, ( nor ) west; viyad - like space; vyapakatvat - all pervading; akhanda - ( I am ) indivisible; eka-rupah - one by nature; tadekah - that one; avasistah - remains; sivah - Auspicious and Pure; kevalo - ham = alone I am. " I am neither above nor below, neither inside nor outside, neither middle nor across, neither east nor west, I am indivisible, one by nature, and all-pervading like space. Therefore, I am that One, Auspicious and Pure, that alone remains." To be continued ..

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 re...

25/10/2018 Slokam-3. Na mata pita va na deva na lokah na veda na yajna na tirtham bruvanti, susuptau nirastati-sunyatma-katvat tadeko-vasistah sivah kevalo-ham. na - I am neither; mata - mother; pita - father; va - ans; na - nor; devah - the gods; na - nor; lokah - the worlds; na - nor; vedah - the veda-s; na - nor; yajnah - sacrifices; na - nor; tirtham - any holy places of pilgrimage; bruvanti - speak of; susuptau - in deep sleep; nirasta - repudiate, cast-away; ati-sunya - beyond the Supreme void or non-existence; atmakatvat - Being the Self; tadekah - that one; avasistah - remains; sivah - Auspicious and Pure; kevalo' ham - alone I am. " I am neither mother nor father, nor the gods nor the worlds, nor the veda-s, nor sacrifices, nor any holy place of pilgrimade; for, in deep sleep Iam ( identical with Brahmam which, however, is ) not absolute voidor non-existence. Therefire, I am that One, Auspicious and Pure, that alone remains." ...

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...

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...