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    Sage Mukundraj’s Paramaamrita: Pointers To Self Realization
    Sage Mukundraj’s Paramaamrita: Pointers To Self Realization
    Sage Mukundraj’s Paramaamrita: Pointers To Self Realization
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    Sage Mukundraj’s Paramaamrita: Pointers To Self Realization

    By Ramesh S. Balsekar

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    Paramaamrita Pointers To Self Realization Some eight centuries ago Sage Mukundraj wrote a spiritual classic titled Paramaamrita in Marathi. It was a rare gem. Its 323 pithy verses, written in the traditional Ovi format, were direct pointers to Reality. In fact, towards the end of his work, the confident Sage avers that "the one who has accepted and practiced what has been said herein will return to his true Being." However, for reasons best known to Existence, Paramaamrita remained almost unknown except to a few ardent seekers familiar with Marathi. We owe an immense debt of gratitude to Ramesh Balsekar for making this lucid English translation available to a wider audience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRamesh S. Balsekar
    Release dateJun 19, 2019
    ISBN9789387242593
    Sage Mukundraj’s Paramaamrita: Pointers To Self Realization
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    Ramesh S. Balsekar

    Ramesh Balsekar, a teacher of pure Advaita, or non-duality, is an unearthly blend of the utterly human and utterly divine manifesting as a brilliant spiritual Master. His crystal-clear and profound teachings are backed by his complete understanding that “Nobody does anything” coupled with his life experience as a top executive of a major Indian bank, as a huband, father and grandfather – all lived knowing that it is all happening as God’s Will.For much of his full life Ramesh, whose Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj, has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi, in whose spirit Ramesh welcomes seekers and asks “Who is seeking? Leave the seeking to Him who started the seeking.”

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      Sage Mukundraj’s Paramaamrita - Ramesh S. Balsekar

      CHAPTER ONE

      At His Lotus Feet

      मंगलाचरण

      तां वंदे मातरं देवीं सर्वतापमळापहाम् ।

      प्रादुर्भूतां पुनर्गुप्तां राजापुरनिवासिनीम् ।।

      श्रीगणेशाय नम: ।। श्रीसरस्वत्यैं नम: ।। श्रीगुरुभ्यो नम: ।।

      नमो श्रीसद्गुरुनाथा । तूं परमप्राप्तिचा दाता ।।

      कृपासिंधुजी समर्था । अनंता अपारा ।।9-9।।

      My salutations to you, O Sadguru – you who are the donor of that which is the most acceptable (i.e. self-knowledge); Oh, potent one, you are the endless and limitless ocean of compassion. [1:1]

      तूं आनंदमय स्वयंप्रकाश । कैवल्यदाता परम ईश ।।

      तूं निजरूपें अविनाश । निराकार ।।9-2।।

      O my Guru, you are the Supreme Happiness Itself, the self-effulgent Supreme Lord, offering liberation; you are the formless image of the Self, and therefore, indestructible. [1:2]

      तूं नि:संग निरंजन । तूं निरंतर अभिन्न ।।

      नाही तुजसमान । कोणी देवा ।।9-3।।

      You stand Alone, Pure, Perpetual, Unfragmented – O Lord, there is no one quite like you. [1:3]

      तूं जंव कृपा करिसी । तंव संसारबंधना तोडिसी ।।

      अविद्येपासूनि सोडविसी । तारिसी जीवा ।।9-8।।

      O Lord, the moment you showed your Grace on an individual, you break the bonds of birth and death and liberate him from non-knowledge (Maya). [1:4]

      न होय जें देवां, असुरा । तें तुझें करणें दातारा ।।

      समर्थ न देखें दुसरा । तुजवांचुनी ।।9-5।।

      O kind Sadguru, what you are able to do, neither Gods, nor Demons can do; I cannot imagine any one more powerful than You. [1:5]

      आणिका कवणा नमस्कारूं । कवणाचें स्तवन करूं ।।

      जय जया जी श्रीगुरु । अगाध महिमा ।।9-6।।

      Other than you, to whom can I surrender, O Lord – whose praises can I sing? Glory be to You, O Lord, whose greatness is fathomless. [1:6]

      जैसा सर्व पटामाजी एक तंतु । तैसा तूं विश्वभरितु ।।

      सर्वव्यापुनिविरहितु । अलिप्त तूं ।।9-7।।

      Like the thread in the cloth, you are the all-pervading One in the entire Universe; and yet, you remain aloof, untouched! [1:7]

      हीं अनेक सगुण रूपें । तूं धरिशी आपुलेनि व्यापें ।।

      शिवशक्तिचीं साकार रूपें । दाविशी तूं ।।9-8।।

      Being all-pervading, you yourself assume the many manifested forms in the world and show them all as expressions of Shiva-Shakti (Purusha-Prakriti; Brahma-Maya). [1:8]

      तुजविन अन्य न देखें कोणी । म्हणोनि आणिकातें न मनीं ।।

      हे मस्तक तुझिये चरणीं । विले सत्य ।।9-9।।

      O my Sadguru, I can perceive no one other than you; no thought other than you can come into my mind. O Lord, I have, therefore, truly placed my head on your feet (truly surrendered to you). [1:9]

      तूं शुध्दात्मा स्वयंज्योति । तुझी सर्वत्र ज्ञान दीप्ति ।।

      नमोनमोजी श्रीगुरुमुर्ति । आनंद विभो ।।9-90।।

      You are the pure self-effulgent Self, whose light of Knowledge prevails everywhere. To you, O Lord, the very core of happiness, my respected salutations. [1:10]

      तू ब्राहृारूपें उत्पत्ति करिसी । विष्णुरूपें प्रतिपाळिसी ।।

      रूद्ररूपें संहारिसी । पुनरपि रचावया ।।9-99।।

      As Brahma, you make use of the guna Rajas to create the world; as Vishnu, through the Sattva Guna you maintain and protect the world; and as Rudra (Shiva), through Tamas, you destroy the world, in order to start the creation again in future. [1:11]

      तू सर्वसाक्षि सर्वज्ञ । तू सर्वविद्याविज्ञ ।।

      तू तत्वार्थ जीव सर्वज्ञ । सर्वेश्वर ।।9-92।।

      You are the knower of all knowledge, the omniscient witness of everything. You represent both the ‘Tat’ and ‘Twam’, as the all-knowing principle and the individual soul, respectively (in the Mahaa-Vakya – the sublime Pronouncement: ‘Thou art That’). You are all-powerful, O Lord. [1:12]

      तू जाणशी स्वरूपाशीं । म्हणोनि जाणिव स्फुरविशी ।।

      परमात्मा म्हणविसी । यया उपाधिस्तव ।।9-93।।

      O Sadguru, you know Reality and therefore you make Consciousness manifest, and being prior to Consciousness, you are the Absolute. [1:13]

      तुझिये इच्छेचा विस्तारू । विस्तारलें हें चराचरू ।।

      जीव अंश अपारू । स्फूरसी तूंचि ।।9-94।।

      This vast expanse of moveable and immoveable manifestation is only an expression of your beingness. You have manifested yourself in innumerable forms. [1:14]

      सर्व जीवांची ज्ञप्तिकळा । जगासि जाणे सकळा ।।

      तो ज्ञानात्मा जिव्हाळा । त्वंपदाचा तूं ।।9-95।।

      The Consciousness in which all creatures are able to know the world is an expression of your own beingness. Indeed you are the hidden meaning in the word ‘Thou’ (Twam) in the sublime Pronouncement ‘Thou art That’ (Tat Twam asi). [1:15]

      माया अविद्या संबंधें । जीव ईश्वर होशी भेदें ।।

      हाहि आपुलेनि विनोदें । खेळ तुझा ।।9-96।।

      It is because of the interaction between Maya and Non-Knowledge that you assume the illusory

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