Advaitadipika

by Narayana Guru

Summary

This Malayalam poem in the Vasantatilakam metre was first published in the Vivekodayam Monthly in 1888. It answers the question, why the world appears to be existing even after one becoming fully convinced that it is unreal.

Publisher

Nataraja Gurukula

No. of Pages

19

Language

Malayalam

Verse 1
പേരായിരം പ്രതിഭയായിരമിങ്ങവറ്റി-
ലാരാലെഴും വിഷയമായിരമാം പ്രപഞ്ചം,
ഓരായ്കില്‍ നേരിതു കിനാവുണരുംവരെയ്ക്കും
നേരാ, മുണര്‍ന്നളവുണര്‍ന്നവനാമശേഷം.

Transliteration
Pērāyiraṃ pratibhayāyiramiṅṅavaṟṟi-
lārāleḻuṃ viṣayamāyiramāṃ prapañcaṃ,
Ōrāykil‍ nēritu kināvuṇaruṃvareykkuṃ
Nērā, muṇar‍nnaḷavuṇar‍nnavanāmaśēṣaṃ.

Meaning
Names in their thousands
Mental images in their thousands
And the corresponding inalienable
Emerging objects in their thousands-
These together constitute the world.
As long as not reflected on properly, it seems real,
As do dreams persist to seem real as long as
The dreamer does not wake up;
But as he wakes up, the entire dream becomes merged
In the being of the awakened one.

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