401. In the One Entity which is changeless, formless and Absolute, and which is perfectly all-pervading and motionless like the ocean after the dissolution of the universe, whence can there be any diversity? 402. Where the root of delusion is dissolved like darkness in light– in the supreme Reality, the One without a second, the…
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Viveka Chudamani (451-500)
451. The work which has fashioned this body prior to the dawning of knowledge, is not destroyed by that knowledge without yielding its fruits, like the arrow shot at an object. 452. The arrow which is shot at an object with the idea that it is a tiger, does not, when that object is perceived…
Viveka Chudamani (500-End)
501. It is the Upadhi (superimposed attribute) that comes, and it is that alone which goes; that, again, performs actions and experiences (their fruits), that alone decays and dies, whereas I ever remain firm like the Kula mountain. For me who am always the same and devoid of parts, there is neither engaging in work…
Introduction
Problems Connected with a Biography of Sri Sankara An Introduction to an English translation of MadhavaVidyaranya’s Sankara-dig.-vijaya, known also as Samkshepasankara-vijaya, requires in the first place an explanation as to why it is undertaken. We are presenting this translation not because we consider it a proper biography in the modern sense, but because there is…
The Life of Sankara by Swami Sivananda
Introduction Chaos pervaded all through India in the matter of religion and philosophy. Sect after sect, such as Charvakas, Lokayathikas, Kapalikas, Shaktas, Sankhyas, Buddhas and Madhyamikas sprang up. The number of religions rose as high as seventy-two. There was fight amongst sects. There was no peace anywhere. Chaos and confusion reigned supreme. There was superstition…
Achyutashtakam
acyutaṃ keśavaṃ rāmanārāyaṇaṃkṛṣṇadāmodaraṃ vāsudevaṃ harim |śrīdharaṃ mādhavaṃ gopikā vallabhaṃjānakīnāyakaṃ rāmacandraṃ bhaje || 1 || acyutaṃ keśavaṃ satyabhāmādhavaṃmādhavaṃ śrīdharaṃ rādhikā rādhitam |indirāmandiraṃ cetasā sundaraṃdevakīnandanaṃ nandajaṃ sandadhe || 2 || viṣṇave jiṣṇave śaṅkane cakriṇerukmiṇī rāhiṇe jānakī jānaye |vallavī vallabhāyārcitā yātmanekaṃsa vidhvaṃsine vaṃśine te namaḥ || 3 || kṛṣṇa govinda he rāma nārāyaṇaśrīpate vāsudevājita śrīnidhe |acyutānanta he mādhavādhokṣajadvārakānāyaka…
Bhaja Govindam
bhaja govindaṃ bhaja govindaṃgovindaṃ bhaja mūḍhamate |samprāpte sannihite kālenahi nahi rakṣati ḍukriṅkaraṇe || 1 || mūḍha jahīhi dhanāgamatṛṣṇāṃkuru sadbuddhim manasi vitṛṣṇām |yallabhase nija karmopāttaṃvittaṃ tena vinodaya cittam || 2 || nārī stanabhara nābhīdeśaṃdṛṣṭvā mā gā mohāveśam |etanmāṃsa vasādi vikāraṃmanasi vicintayā vāraṃ vāram || 3 || naḷinī daḷagata jalamati taraḷaṃtadvajjīvita matiśaya capalam |viddhi vyādhyabhimāna grastaṃlokaṃ śokahataṃ…
Annapoorna Stotram
nityānandakarī varābhayakarī saundarya ratnākarīnirdhūtākhila ghora pāvanakarī pratyakṣa māheśvarī |prāleyācala vaṃśa pāvanakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarībhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 1 || nānā ratna vicitra bhūṣaṇakari hemāmbarāḍambarīmuktāhāra vilambamāna vilasat-vakṣoja kumbhāntarī |kāśmīrāgaru vāsitā rucikarī kāśīpurādhīśvarībhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 2 || yogānandakarī ripukṣayakarī dharmaikya niṣṭhākarīcandrārkānala bhāsamāna laharī trailokya rakṣākarī |sarvaiśvaryakarī tapaḥ phalakarī kāśīpurādhīśvarībhikṣāṃ dehi kṛpāvalambanakarī mātānnapūrṇeśvarī || 3 || kailāsācala…
Uma Maheshwara Stotram
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ navayauvanābhyāṃparasparāśliṣṭavapurdharābhyām |nagendrakanyāvṛṣaketanābhyāṃnamo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām || 1 || namaḥ śivābhyāṃ sarasotsavābhyāṃnamaskṛtābhīṣṭavarapradābhyām |nārāyaṇenārcitapādukābhyāṃnamo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām || 2 || namaḥ śivābhyāṃ vṛṣavāhanābhyāṃviriñciviṣṇvindrasupūjitābhyām |vibhūtipāṭīravilepanābhyāṃnamo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām || 3 || namaḥ śivābhyāṃ jagadīśvarābhyāṃjagatpatibhyāṃ jayavigrahābhyām |jambhārimukhyairabhivanditābhyāṃnamo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām || 4 || namaḥ śivābhyāṃ paramauṣadhābhyāṃpañcākṣarīpañjararañjitābhyām |prapañcasṛṣṭisthitisaṃhṛtābhyāṃnamo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām || 5 || namaḥ śivābhyāmatisundarābhyāṃatyantamāsaktahṛdambujābhyām |aśeṣalokaikahitaṅkarābhyāṃnamo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām || 6 || namaḥ…
Kanakadhara Stotram
vande vandāru mandāramindirānanda kandalaṃamandānanda sandoha bandhuraṃ sindhurānanam aṅgaṃ hareḥ pulakabhūṣaṇamāśrayantībhṛṅgāṅganeva mukuḷābharaṇaṃ tamālam |aṅgīkṛtākhila vibhūtirapāṅgalīlāmāṅgalyadāstu mama maṅgaḷadevatāyāḥ || 1 || mugdhā muhurvidadhatī vadane murāreḥprematrapāpraṇihitāni gatāgatāni |mālādṛśormadhukarīva mahotpale yāsā me śriyaṃ diśatu sāgara sambhavā yāḥ || 2 || āmīlitākṣamadhigyama mudā mukundamānandakandamanimeṣamanaṅga tantram |ākekarasthitakanīnikapakṣmanetraṃbhūtyai bhavanmama bhujaṅga śayāṅganā yāḥ || 3 || bāhvantare madhujitaḥ śritakaustubhe yāhārāvaḷīva harinīlamayī vibhāti |kāmapradā…