[Advaita-l] Swarupa Ashtakam - 9

[S Jayanarayanan]

(Continued from previous post)
 
 
Verse 8
यदानन्दसिन्धौ निमग्नः पुमान् स्यादविद्याविलासः समस्तप्रपञ्चः ।
तदा न स्फुरत्यद्भुतं यन्निमित्तं परं ब्रह्म नित्यं तदेवाहमस्मि ॥
 
That ocean of bliss, immersed in which a wise person realizes the existence of the world as a play of ignorance, and the cause of which is the supreme,
eternal Brahman, I am that.
 
In the first two lines of Verse 4, we saw that like a bangle made out of gold, the world is merely a Karyam that borrows its existence from the Karanam, Brahman.
The first three lines of verse eight are a repetition of the same concept. I will consider a product to exist only until I discover the Karanam. The moment Karanam
is discovered, the product will cease to exist on its own and one can realize its borrowed existence or in other words, non-existence. So when a wise person
(Puman, going through Shravana-Mana-Nidhidhyasanam) gets absorbed (Nimagna) in the ocean of bliss (Ananda Sindhu) the Karana Brahman, then (Tada) he understands
that the entire world (Samasta Prapancham) even though wonderful (Adbhutam) is actually an abode of ignorance (Avidya Vilasa) that does not exist by itself
(Na Sphurati) but due to that Brahmanalone (Ya Nimittam) which is the same as Me.
 
Verse 9
स्वरूपानुसन्धानरूपां स्तुतिं यः पठेदादराद् भक्तिभावो मनुष्यः ।
शृणोतीह वा नित्यमुद्युक्तचित्तो भवेद्विष्णुरत्रैव वेदप्रमाणात् ॥
 
The person who reads this hymn of praise named Swaroopanusandhanam with sincerity and devotion or listens to it with an alert mind becomes Vishnu (Brahman)
here itself. The Vedas are the authority for this.
 
This Stotra (stuti) which is a form of self-meditation on the meditator – that person (Yah Manushyah) who studies with reverence (Bhakti Bhava) or listens to it
from someone else (Shrunoti Iha), regularly/every day (Nityam) with total commitment (Adyukta Chittah), this individual will become Vishnu (Sah Vishnu Bhavet),
This is the guarantee of the Vedas.
 
Thus concludes Svarupanusandhaaaashtakam
 
(This is the final part of the two-part article based on a series of talks on Swarupa Ashtakam by Swami Paramarthananda)
 
 
(Concluded)