Enlightened Vision of the Self

Author(s): Akalankadev, Devendra K Goyal
Publisher: Radiant Publishers New Delhi

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SVARUPA SAMBODHANA
Om Shri Naminathaya Namah
SVARUPA SAMBODHANA - PANCHAVINSHATIH
Composed by Shri Bhatta Akalanka Deva
मुक्तामुक्तैकरूपो यः कर्मभिः संविदादिभिः । अक्षयं परमात्मानं ज्ञानमूर्ति नमामि तम् ॥ 1 ॥
खण्डान्वयः यः = जो, कर्मभिः = कर्मों की अपेक्षा से मुक्त - मुक्तरूप है, (तथा) संविदादिभिः=ज्ञानादि (स्वकीय) गुणों से, अमुक्त- अमुक्त अभिन्नरूप है, एकरूप :- (ऐसा ) मुक्तामुक्त / भिन्नाभिन्न एकरूपवाला है । तम् =उस, ज्ञानमूर्तिम् ज्ञानमूर्ति, अक्षयम्-अक्षय/ अविनाशी, परमात्मानम् = परमात्मा को, नमामि नमस्कार करता हूँ ।
muk tamuk taikarupo yah karmabhih samuidadibbih. akshayam parmatmanam, jnanamurti namami tam (1)
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I bow and pay obeisance to that divinely blissful (parmanandamaya) Paramatama (supreme pure Soul) who is mukta: free or liberated in reference to karmas and amukta (not free) when referred to knowledge and its own natural attributes, ekarupa - having different forms but always the same, akshayam (indestructible) and jnanammti (knowledge personified).
EXPLANATION
The above is the first padya forming the mangalacaran of the grantha in which the composer Shri Bhatta Akalanka Deva has paid homage to the supreme atman (self).
It is mukta (liberated) being completely free of the effect of all the eight types of karmas. At the same time it is amukta (not free) being in possession of all the qualities that enable it to know and fully understand the Self. The apparent dual facet of mukta and amukta merge and become one, a single-faceted paramatma, the pure Soul. The supreme Soul is an embodiment of knowledge itself. Being the holder of ananta dhatushtaya (ie. ananta jnana (infinite knowledge), ananta darshan (infinite vision), ananta sukha (infinite bliss), and ananta virya ( infinite power or vigour), it is indestructible.