[Advaita-l] Re: Rashana

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Namaste,

I have come across the word razana in the last dazaka of the 
naaraayaNiiyam. In the kezaadi paadaanta varNanam, Bhattathri refers to 
kRSNa's kaTisuutra (piece of rope tied around the waist) as diipta razmi 
sphuTa maNi razanaa kiGkiNii maNDitam....

Of course, prof vk must be well acquainted with this reference. Just 
thought this would help.

Ganesh

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> 41
> yat-kimcin-nAma-rUpAtmakam-idam-asad-evo-ditaM bhAti bhUmau
> yenA-neka-prakArair-vyvaharati jagad-yena tene-shvareNa /
> tadvat-pracchAdanIyaM nibhRta-rashanayA yadvad-eshha
> dvi-jihvaH
> tena tyaktena bhojyaM sukham-anatishayaM mA
> grdho’nyad-dhanAdyaM //
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> yat kimcit:  Whatever  (is)
> nAma-rUpAtmakaM  idaM : of the nature of name and form here
> bhUmau : in this world
> asat eva uditaM : springs up as a mere unreality
> pracchAdanIyaM :  (and) should be veiled off
> tena IshvareNa : by that Lord
> yena jagat bhAti : by whom this universe is manifest
> yena aneka-prakAraiH vyvavaharati : (and) by whom it is
> multifariously active;
> yadvat tadvat : just as 
> eshhaH dvijihvaH : this snake (is veiled off)
> nibhRta-rashanayA : by the known rope.
> tena tyaktena : Only by abandoning that (unreality)
> anatishayaM sukhaM bhojyaM : unsurpassed bliss is to be
> enjoyed
> mA gRdhaH anyat dhana-AdyaM : Do not covet anything else
> like wealth, etc.
> 
> Note 1. I have translated ‘rashanA’ as ‘rope’. It is only a
> guess. I don’t have dictionary support for this. Can some
> one help?
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> Note 2. Readers would easily recognize that this shloka is
> a paraphrase, -- with the Acharya’s stamp
> ‘nibhRta-rashanayA yadvad-eshha dvijihvaH’ --  of the first
> verse of Ishopanishat. Mark how dexterously he uses the
> same words ‘Isha’ (IshvareNa), ‘vAsyaM’ (pracchAdanIyaM),
> ‘idaM’, ‘yat kimca’, ‘jagat’, ‘tena tyaktena’ ‘bhunjIta’
> (bhojyam) , ‘mA gRdhaH’ , ‘dhanaM’ !
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> 42
> jIvan-muktir-mumukshhoH prathamam-atha tathA
> muktir-AtyantikI ca 
> te’bhyAsa-jnAna-yogAt guru-caraNa-kRpA’pAnga-sangena
> labdhAt /
> abhyAso’pi dvidhA syAt adhikaraNa-vashAt daihiko
> mAnasash-ca 
> shArIras-tv-Asan-Adyo hy-uparatir-aparo jnAna-yogaH
> puroktaH //
> 
> mumukshhoH : To the seeker of Liberation
> prathamaM jIvan-muktiH : there first comes Liberation while
> living
> atha tathA muktiH AtyantikI ca : and thereafter, the
> ultimate Liberation.
> te : These two
> abhyAsa-jnAna-yogAt : (are the result) of the yoga of
> practice and the yoga of Realisation
> labdhAt : (which themselves are) attained 
> guru-caraNa-kRpA-apAnga-sangena : (guru – feet – grace –
> glance – association) by contact of the Teacher’s feet and
> His merciful glance.
> abhyAsaH api : Practice, too
> dvividhA syAt : is of two kinds
> adhikaraNa-vashAt : according to qualification, (namely)
> daihiko mAnasashca : of the body, and of the mind.
> shArIraH tu : Bodily practice, of course
> AsanAdyaH : (consists of) postures, etc.,
> aparaH puroktaH jnAna-yogaH : (while) the other,
> jnAna-yoga, previously mentioned,
> uparatiH : (consists of) abstention.
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> PraNAms to all students of Adi Shankaracharya.
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