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2. Saddharshanam- The GPS of Īśvara ( Guru Pāda Stotram)

     விவேக அத்தியாயம்

  2.   மும்முதலை யெம்மதமு முற்கொள்ளு மோர்முதலே 

     மும்முதலாய் நிற்குமென்று மும்முதலு - மும்முதலே 

     என்னலகங்  கார மிருக்குமட்டே யான்கெட்டுத் 

    தன்னிலையி  னிற்ற  றலை 

     பதம் பிரித்தல் 

    மும் முதலை எம் மதமும்  முன் கொள்ளும் ;  'ஓர் முதலே 

    மும்முதலாய் நிற்கும்', 'என்றும்  மும்முதலும்  மும்முதலே' 

    என்னல்  அகங்காரம்  இருக்கும்  மட்டே; யான் கெட்டுத் 

    தன்னிலையில் நிற்றல்  தலை


आरभ्यते जीवजगत्परात्म-

तत्त्वािभधानेन मतं समस्तम् ।

इदं त्रयं यावदहंमित स्यात् 

सवोर्त्तमाऽहंमितशून्यिनष्ठा ॥ २ 

ārabhyate jīva-jagat-parātma-

tattvābhidhānena mataṃ samastam। 

idaṃ trayaṃ yāvad-ahaṃ-mati syāt

sarvottamā'haṃ-mati-śūnya-niṣṭhā ॥ 2 ॥


The GPS of Īśvara ( Guru Pāda Stotram)


All philosophers talk about this triad

Īśvara, Jīva, Jagat covered with a plaid

Divisions persist with multiple differences

Projections continue with individual preferences


Aqua Aerobics continues with the treading

Satsangs continues with sad singing 

Alienation creates tears and fears 

Sarvatmā bhava clears and cheers 


Hurry up! and study vedanta now

Understand that you are that Thou   

Guru pāda stotram is the location

Where you can identify Īśvara


Religions can lockup Īśvara in a box

Formless God gets loaded at the dock

Ignorance creates ahankarā mitya 

Clarity is obtained only with vicārā


Collectively we create religious autism 

Multiple  'isms' from the narrow prism

A big castle is built with wrong notions

This crumbles in sorrowful emotions


World is cut into pieces through subjectivity

The cataracts of the eyes hold in captivity

Guru with S̄astra does the cataract operation

'I' svara is visible with the corrected vision


 Guided meditation begins with grace 

 Words float and hearing takes place

 Mind stops wandering and calms down

Ahankara sublates and drops the crown 


Swamini Svatmavidyanandaji 

Class 7 Saddharshanam 



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