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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
advaitam trişu lokeșu nādvaitam guruņā saha 11 (Tattvopadeśa): "In thought one should cultivate advaita (non-difference); not in action anywhere. Advaita is (permitted) in the three worlds, but not in respect of the guru."00
नमो नमस्ते गुरवे महात्मने विमुक्तसङ्गाय सदुत्तमाय ।
नित्यादयानन्दरसस्वरूपिणे भूम्ने सदापारदयाम्बुधाम्ने ॥ ४८७ ॥ namo namaste gurave mahātmane
vimukta--sangāya saduttamāya nityādvayānanda-rasasvarūpiņe
bhūmne sadāpāra-dayāmbudhāmne 11
My obeisance to Thee again and again, Thou great One, free from all attachment, the best among Brahmajñānins, who are the embodiment of eternal non-dual essence of bliss, the infinite, the everlasting supreme reservoir of mercy.
saduttamāya: brahmavidvaristhāya: the superlatively best amongst those who have known (realised) Brahman.
bhūmne: One who is devoid of seeing, hearing about and knowing any object other than Brahman.
sadā apāra-dayāmbudhāmne: the reservoir of the everlasting waters of mercy.
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यत्कटाक्ष-शशि-सान्द्रचन्द्रिका-पातधूत-भवतापजश्रमः ।
प्राप्तवानहमखण्डवैभवानन्दमात्मपदमक्षयं क्षणात् ॥ ४८८ ॥ yatkatāksa-sasi-sändracandrikā
pätadhūta-bhavatāpajaśramaḥ prāptavānaham akhandavaibhavā
nandam ātmapadam akşayam kşaņāt 11
By the bestowal of whose gracious glance like the compact rays of the cool moon all my afflictions of samsāra have been removed, and I have acquired in a moment the undecaying state of the ātman which is of the nature of infinite bliss (is my obeisance to such guru).
The guru's katākşas (gracious glances) produce joy to the world by the continuous flow of the nectar of bliss. They do so by reason
60 The idea is, even after advaitānubhava, the duality of Guru and sişya must persist and the latter must make obeisance to his Guru.
