Sanskrit · Devanagari
कविं पुराणमनुशासितार- मणोरणीयंसमनुस्मरेद्यः। सर्वस्य धातारमचिन्त्यरूप- मादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
kaviṃ purāṇamanuśāsitāraṃ aṇoraṇīyaṃsamanusmaredyaḥ sarvasya dhātāramacintyarūpaṃ ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882properly concentrates the life-breath between the brows and meditates on the ancient Seer the ruler more minute than the minutest atom the supporter of all who is of an unthinkable form whose brilliance is like that of the sun and who is beyond all darkness
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।8.9।। --,कविं क्रान्तदर्शिनं सर्वज्ञं पुराणं चिरन्तनम् अनुशासितारं सर्वस्य जगतः प्रशासितारम् अणोः सूक्ष्मादपि अणीयांसं सूक्ष्मतरम् अनुस्मरेत् अनुचिन्तयेत् यः कश्चित् सर्वस्य कर्मफलजातस्य धातारं विधातारं विचित्रतया प्राणिभ्यो विभक्तारम् अचिन्त्यरूपं न अस्य रूपं नियतं विद्यमानमपि केनचित् चिन्तयितुं शक्यते इति अचिन्त्यरूपः तम् आदित्यवर्णम् आदित्यस्येव नित्यचैतन्यप्रकाशो वर्णो यस्य तम् आदित्यवर्णम् तमसः परस्तात् अज्ञानलक्षणात् मोहान्धकारात् परं तम् अनुचिन्तयत् याति इति पूर्वेण संबन्धः।।किञ्च --,
d5bd360c69e5…Rāmānuja
8.9 - 8.10 He who focusses his life-breath between the eyrows at the time of death with a mind rendered unswerving through its purification achieved by the strength of Yoga conjoined with Bhakti practised day after day; and he who contemplates on the 'Kavi' i.e., the Omniscient, the 'Primeval', i.e., who existed always, 'the Ruler,' i.e., who governs the universe, 'who is subtler than the subtle,' i.e., who is subtler than the individual self, 'who is the Dhata' of all, i.e., the creator of all, 'whose nature is inconceivable,' i.e., whose nature is other than everything else, 'who is sun-coloured and beyond darkness,' i.e., who possesses a divine form peculiar to Himself - he who concentrates on Him, the Divine Person described above, between the eyrows, attains Him alone. He attains His state and comes to have power and glory similar to His. Such is the meaning. Then He describes the mode of meditation to be adopted by the seeker of Kaivalya or the Jijnasu (i.e., of one who seeks to know his own self or Atman in contrast to one whose object is God-realisation).
3c2a9aa4916c…Swami Sivananda
8.9 कविम् Omniscient? पुराणम् Ancient? अनुशासितारम् the Ruler (of the whole world)? अणोः than atom? अणीयांसम् minuter? अनुस्मरेत् remembers? यः who? सर्वस्य of all? धातारम् supporter? अचिन्त्यरूपम् one whose form is inconceivable? आदित्यवर्णम् effulgent like the sun? तमसः from the darkness (of ignorance)? परस्तात् beyond.Commentary Kavim The sage? seer or poet? the omniscient.The Lord dispenses the fruits of actions of the Jivas (individual souls). He is the Ruler of the world. It is very difficult to conceive the form of the Lord. He is selfluminous and He illumies everything like the sun.
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