Atmabodham

=========================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 29, 2020. ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” (68 Slokam-s in  9 Chapters) Chapter - 5 :  AN ERROR OF MISAPPREHENSION (Slokam-s 15 – 24) Slokam-s 15-24 (10 Numbers.) D. MIND IS RESPONSIBLE: (23-24) Slokam:  24: As the “Essential Nature” of a Thing ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slokam-24 : "Prakaashah arkasya toyasya   ushnshaityam agneh yathaa ataa;  swabhaavah satchidananda  nitya-nirmalat aatmanah." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Translation : 1 Prakaashah arkasya toyasya         = As the sun’s nature is luminosity; that of water is 2 ushnshaityam agneh yathaa ataa; = coolness; and that of fire is heat; so too, 3 swabhaavah satchidananda           =  the nature of Existence, Knowledge and Bliss;

============================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 08, 2020. ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” (68 Slokam-s in  9 Chapters) Chapter - 5 :  AN ERROR OF MISAPPREHENSION (Slokam-s 15 – 24) Slokam-s 15-24 (10 Numbers.) D. MIND IS RESPONSIBLE: (23-24) VERSE 23: Where Do Attachments,etc, Reside? ------------------------------------------------------------------  Slokam- 23. "Raaga-icchhaa-sukha-duhkha-aadi buddhau satyaam pra-vartate; sushuptau na asti tat naashe tasmaat buddheh tu na aatmanah." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------  Translation : 1 Raaga-icchhaa-sukha-duhkha-aadi  = Attachment, desire, pleasure, pain, etc, 2 buddhau satyaam pra-vartate;         = are perceived only when the intellect functions. 3 sushuptau na asti tat naashe            = In deep sleep, when the intellect is abs