Sunday, May 12, 2013

Upadesa Saram (Instruction summary)

Upadesa Saram

1. Kartur: Lord Ajnyaya: Ordains Prapyate: gets Phalam: fruit. Karma: Action Kim: How Param: Supreme Karma: Action Tat: it is Jadam: inert

2. Kriti: Action Maha: Great Dadhau: Ocean Patana: Destruction Karanam: Cause Phalam: Fruit Ashashvatam: Impermanent gati: motion Nirodhakam: Without blockade

3. Iswar: Lord Arpitam: Surrender Na: Without Icchaya: Desire Kritam: action done Chitta: Mind "stuff" Shodakam: Purifies Mukti: Liberation Sadhakam: Practice

4. Kaya: Body Vak: Speed Manaha: Mind Karyam: Action Uttamam: topmost/best Pujanam: Worship Japa: Chanting Chintanam: Inquiry Kramat:(Acsending) order

5. Jagata: World Ishadi: God's Yukta: Regard Sevanam: Serving Ashta: Eight Murthi: idol bhridh:? deva: God Pujanam: worship

6. Uttama: Better Stavad: than praise Uccha: Speak Mandataha: low-voiced chittajam: originating from mind Japa: repetation of name Dhyanam: Meditation Uttamam: Best

7. Ajya: Oil dharaya: stream Srotasa:  stream samam: equivalent sarala: easy chintanam: thinking/meditation viralata: spells param: better

8. Bhedha: discriminate/differentiate bhavanath: attitude soham: he is self iti asu: like that bhavana: attitude of abhida: non differentiate pavani: noble matah: opinion

9. Bhava: Abide Sunyasad: pure being bhava: abidance susthithihi: transcend bhavanath: attitude balath: strength bhakti-uttama: supreme devotion

10. Hrsthale: heart of/ heart place of manaha: mind svasthata: springs forth kriya: action bhakthi: devotion yoga: union bhodashca: and knowledge nishchitam: definitely

11. Vayu: breath/wind rodhana: block liyathe: subside/control manaha: mind jala: net pakshivat: bird rodha: block/caught sadhanam: enables

12. Chitta: mind stuff/ substance of mind vayavaha: and breath/wind chit: thought kriya: and action yuta: like shakayor: branch dwayi: two sakthi mulaka: single root

13. Laya: subside/control vinashane: destruction ubhaya: dual/two rodhane: type of blocks laya: subside gatam: moves punaha: again bhavathi: exist no: none mritam: after death

14. Prana: breath/life bandhanath: bound linam: subside/control manasam: mind eka: single/one chintanath: thought/meditation nasham: destroy etatadha: all these

15. nashta: destruction manaso: mind drshta: sees yoginahha: yogi/one who practices union krityam: action/duty asti: is/exist kim: what svasthi: natural state yataha: exist

16. Drshya: Object Varitam: without? Chittam: substance of mind atmanaha: self chitva: mind stuff darshanam: see/observe tattva: element darshanam: see/observe

17. manasam tu: mind is kim:  what margane: in the path krite: perform naiva: there is no manasam: mind marga: path arjavath: open to all

18. Vruthayahasva: Of the thoughts aham: I  vrithi: thought ashrithaha: relies/depends vrutayo: thoughts make up mano: mind vidhya: know aham: I manaha: is ming

19. aham: I ayam: comes kutho bhavathi: from where/whence chinvataha: is thus enquired aayi: shamed pathathi: runs aham: I nija: real vicharanam: enquiry

20. ahami: Of I nasha: destruction bhajya: after aham-aham: I-I taya: like that sphurathi: arises hrti swayam: by itself param: highest poorana: whole/complete sat: reality/truth

21. Idam: This aham: I padam: place bhikyam: import/meaning manvaham: understand ahami: of I linake : subsides apyalaya: does not subside sattaya: hat reality

22. Vigraham: body indriyam: senses pranadhinamaha: life/breath, mind etc na: not ahameka sat: I reality tat: that/those jadam: inert asat: unreality

23.  Sattva: reality bhasika: knower chitva: knowing vetarah: nothing else sattaya: reality hi: is verily chit: substance of mind chittaya: substance of mind hi: is verily aham: I

24. Isha: God Jiva: Self yoh: of both veshadhi: costume/cloths only bheda: difference sat: real svabhavatho: of nature vastu: substance kevalam: only

25. Vesha: costume hanathaha: destruction svatma: once self darshanam: to see/observe isha darshanam: God sight/vision svatma: once self rupataha: form/shape only

26. atmatam: in self stithi: situate svatma: once self darshanam: sight/vision/observe/see atma: self nirdwaya: without second/non dual atma: self nishtatah: abidence

27. jnana: knowledge varjitha: without ajnana: ignorance hina: without chit: substance of mind jnanam: knowledge asti kim: which is jnatum: know antaram: object

28. Kim: what svarupam: once own form/shape iti: is atma: self darshane: observation/vision avyaya: without form bhava: exist purna: whole/complete chit: mind stuff sukam: happiness

29. bhandham: bondage muktyathi: releases tam param sukam: that which is highest happiness vindathiha: steadfast jivastu: live daivikam: in God

30. Aham: Self apetakam: gone nijah: living vibhanakam: that alone maha idam: great is this tapoh: penance ramana: ramana vagiyam: sings