ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” : Mantram 51 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.
========================================================================= Wednesday, 12 Jul 2023 05:30. (68 Mantras in 9 Chapters) D. FREEDOM FROM LIMITATIONS: (51-53) Mantram - 51 - As a Lamp Placed Within a Jar : ========================================================================= Mantram - 51 - As a Lamp Placed Within a Jar : 1 Baahya-anitya-sukhaa-saktim = Attachment for the fleeting joys of the outer world 2 hitva-aatma-sukha-nirvritah; – = having renounced these, and contented with the bliss derived from the Self, 3 ghata-stha-deepa-vat shashvat = as a lamp placed inside a jar, forever 4 antah eva prakaashate. = shines inwardly alone within himself. ======================================================================== 1-2 All joy is experienced within, not in the objects. However, because the joys are triggered by various tempting objects in the world, they are referred to as “fleeting joys of the world”. In truth, even that which we experience as sensual p