The Dasha Shloki (Sanskrit: दशश्लोकी, romanized: Daśaślokī) is a Sanskrit hymn by the Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara. Comprising ten verses,[1] the Dasha Shloki explores the Brahman-Atman relationship and the author's interpretation of the nature of the self.[2]
According to legend, Adi Shankara chanted this hymn in response to his disciples's final request for him, which was to explain the essence of the teachings of Vedanta. He is believed to have first sung the hymn when he met his guru, Govindapada.[4]
In the hymn, Adi Shankara states that the nature of the self is identical to Brahman, which is not identical to the finite and unreal not-self. He also describes the self as that which is one, auspicious, free of attributes and assimilation, and eternal.[5]
Hymnedit
The first stanza of the hymn describes the author's interpretation of his self as identical to Brahman:[6]
na bhūmirna toyaṃ na tejo na vāyuḥ na khaṃ nendriyaṃ vā na teṣāṃ samūhaḥ anaikāntikatvāt suṣuptyekasiddhaḥ tadeko'vaśiṣṭaḥ śivaḥ kevalo'ham
Neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor air, nor ether, nor sense-organ, nor their aggregate (am I) because they are inconstant. That which is the one established in sleep, that one which remains (after the sublation of all else) - that auspicious absolute (Self) I am.
^M.N, Namboodiri, Dr; Dev, Prof K. V.; Amma (2015-05-22). The Thousand Names Of The Divine Mother: Shri Lalita Sahasranama. M A Center. p. 197. ISBN978-1-68037-282-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^T.S.RUKMANI. SHANKARACHARYA. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. p. 37. ISBN978-81-230-2600-8.
^Chaturvedi, Shraddhesh (2020-01-18). Five Works of Shankaracharya: With Original Sanskrit Text and Concise Commentary. Shraddhesh Chaturvedi. p. 45.
^Conference, International Society for Metaphysics International (1988). Person and Nature. CRVP. p. 12. ISBN978-0-8191-7025-5.
^Srimat Madhusudana Sarasvati (1981). Siddhantabindu. Servants of Knowledge. Prasaranga University Of Mydore. p. 8.
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