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Hindu Bhakti Stotras (Devotional Hymns) Index
Siddhanta Tattva Vindu
By Adi Shankaracharya; Translated by Charles Johnston (Source: Advaita Vedanta Library)
Works of Adi Shankaracharya, Stotras of Adi Shankaracharya, Hymns of Adi Shankara, Gauri Dasakam, Govindashtakam, Dakshinamuthy Stotram, Brahma Jnanavali Mala, Bhashyas of Adi Shankara, Soundaryalahari, Shivanandalahari, Atma Bhodha, Vivekachudamani
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1. Nor earth nor water, fire nor liquid air, nor ether, nor the powers,
nor these in one; undifferentiated, in dreamless perfect rest, that,
the One, final, blest, alone, am I.
2. Nor castes nor their
divisions, rite nor rule, are mine, nor fixing mind and thought and
mood; no longer dreaming things not Self art 'I' and 'mine,' that, the
One, final, blest, alone, am I.
3. Nor mother, father, nor the gods
and worlds, nor Scriptures, offerings, shrines are there, they say, in
dreamlessness abandoned by the lonely Self; that, the One, final,
blest, alone, am I.
4. Nor sectary of Cause or Lord or Life knows
That, nor follower of Saint or Rite, in perfect union, pure of all but
Self, that, the One, final, blest, alone, am I.
5. Nor upward,
downward, nor within, without; nor midward, backward, That, nor east
nor west; all-present everywhere in partless unity, that, the One,
final, blest, alone, am I.
6. Nor white nor black nor yellow, That,
nor red; nor small nor very great nor short nor long; formless, yet
like a light, a star; that, the One, final, blest, alone, am I.
7.
Nor teacher, teaching, learner, what is learned; nor thou nor I nor
this expanded world; conscious of its own form, from error free, that,
the One, final, blest, alone, am I.
8.Nor waking, mine, nor dream,
nor dreamless sleep; nor fire of life or heart or seeing soul; these
three are of unwisdom; but the fourth, that, the One, final, blest,
alone, am I.
9. Even expanded for the sake of Self -- Self, that,
still perfect, on no other rests -- all the wide world besides is
little worth. ahat, the One, final, blest, alone, am I.
10. Nor is
this first with any second to it; nor lonely this, nor yet has it
compeers; nor is this secondless One void or filled with aught; how
shall I tell this perfect wisdom's crowd?
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