ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” Slogam - 67 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.
===================================================================================================== Wednesday 08, January 2025, 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8 Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.) D. THE TOUGHNESS OF SADHANA: Slogas - 66-67 ========================================================================================== Slogam - 67: As the Sun Destroys Darkness 1. “Hrid-aakaasha” uditah hi aatmaa = The Self, which verily rises in the “heart-space”, 2. bodha-bhaanuh tamah apahrit; = is the sun of knowledge that destroys all darkness. 3. sarva-vyaapee sarva-dhaaree = It pervades everything; It sustains everything. 4. bhaati bhaasayate akhilam. = It shines by Itself and makes all else shine. ================================================================================ We see in this verse a neat assembly or combination of all the major metaphors that have been used in the recent verses, used with gre...