Sunday 20 December 2020

Viveka Choodamani – Sri Shankaracharya Virachitham – The nature of Mahathma/Athmavithth/Bhramavithth

 



Chapter – 55– Viveka Choodamani  - 541 – 550

 

Preceptor speaks “ Oh! Mune, these Mahatmas/noble souls are unique, exhibits themselves in different ways, like 1) Mahamooda/insane, or 2) Mahavidhvan/intelligent, scholarly person 3)  Maharaja/King who owns great possession, army, wealth, people 4) dull and lethargic 5) pleasant and extremely good-natured, 6) sometimes act like the serpent swallowed big prey 7) sometimes act like the humiliated and wounded. These Mahatmas keep roaming all around fearlessly without making any personal acquaintances, surprisingly they are blissful always. 8) These Mahatmas are contented and pleasant always, even though they are penniless, or none to assist them, 9) They portraits themselves as powerful, Nithyathriptha/contended, incomparable, and perceive that all-pervasive supreme Bhramam in everyone. These Athmajjanis are 10)  remain inactive/do not take credit or benefit out of the deeds performed, although they engage in the deeds 11) They remain Aboktha/not taking pleasure in it, even though they happened to meet Bhogavasthu, they are neither excited nor disappointed in the presence or absence of material matters 12) They roam around without body or I consciousness,  13) These Jjanis does not get affected by the likes or dislikes, auspiciousness or inauspiciousness 14) They do not take pride in the body.  The ignorant Jeeva take pride in Sthoola Sookshma Shareera, happiness and grief, auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, get affected with the constant grief and miseries of the worldly existence. Oh! Mune, these Mahathmas/Vimuktha neither take pride in the body nor get affected by the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, likes or dislikes, remains free and contented always. The Adithya/sunlight swallows the darkness, it is not that the other way round, sometimes the brightness of the Sun gets hazy, the ignorant misinterpret it as the darkness swallowed the Sun.  These Mahatmas are like the Sun, their brightness never gets harmed, even though the Shareera Upadhi/physical body, gets weakened. The ignorant who is afar from the Paramarththa Thaththva,/ Indestructible Purusha and destructible Prakrithi, mistake that the Mahatmas undergoes afflictions of Shareeraupadhi/physical body, but these Mahatmas are already relieved from the body and I consciousness, therefore does not get affected by the weakening of the body.   These Athmajjani abandon the physical body effortlessly like the serpent gets removed from their outer skin, the Pranavayu/vital air in their body/Athman causes the functioning of the body. These Mahathma do not take pride in the body or material matters. These Mahathma consider the physical body, as the wooden logs were thrown in the river water, and the water current carries the logs into various destinations, in the same manner, the body achieved out of the Prarbdhakarma would keep floating until and unless it reaches its destination. The Prarabhdhakarma of the Jjani makes them remain in the Samsara. The Athmajjani plays the role of the axle of the wheel, the sole witness that constantly watches the movement of the wheel and remains free from the rotation, these Mahathma witnesses the movement of the vicious Kalachakra, does not get hurled  into it.”

 

Kvachin Moodo Vidhvan Kvachidhapi Maharaja Vibhava: | Kvachith Bhrantha:  Saumya:  Kvachithjagarachara Kalitha: | Kvachith Pathribhootha:  Kvachithavamatha:  Kvapyavidhitha |shcharathyevam Prajja:  Sathatha Paramanandha Sukhitha: ||

 

Nirdhanoapi Sadhthushtoapya Sahayo Mahabala: | Nithyathripthoapya Bunjjanoapyasama:  Samadharshana: ||

 

Api  Kurvan Kurvannashcha Bhoktha Phalabhogyapi | Shareeryapya Shareeryesha  Paricchinnoapi Sarvaga: ||

 

Ashareeram SAdha Santhathamimam Bhramavidham Kvachith | Priapriye  Na  Sprushthasthadhaiva  Cha Shubhashubhe ||

 

Sthooladhi Sambandhavathoabhimanana: | Sukham Cha Dhukham Cha Shubhashubhe Cha | Vidhvastha Bandhasya  Sadhathmano Mune: | Kutha:  ShubhamVapya Shubham Phalam Va?

 

Thamasa  Grasthavath Bhanadhagrasthoapi  Ravirjjanai: | Grastha Ithyuchyathe Bhranthya  Hyajjathva  Vasthulakshanam ||

 

Thadhvath Dhehadhi Bandhebhyo Vimuktham Bhramaviththamam | Pashyanthi Dehivanmooda:  Shareerabhasa Dharshanath ||

 

Ahirnirlvayaneem Vayam Mukthva  Dhehamthu Thishtathi | Ithasthathscchalyamano Yath Kinchith Pranavayuna ||

 

Srothasa  Neeyathe Dharu Yadha  Ninmonnatha Sthalam | Dhaivena  Neeyathe  Dheho Yadha  Kalopa Bhukthishu ||

 

Prarabdhakarma Parikalpitha Vasanabhi: | Samsarivaccharathi Bhukthishu Mukthadheha: | Sidhdha:  Swayam Vasathi Sakshivadhathra Thooshnim | Chakrasya  Moolamiva  Kalpavikalpa Shoonya: ||