1 Raja Gopal Sishtla Hostomlokom o` ccsL Hastamlakam s _o ' s_ s:c`- n- so -c c o_o s:o cnc`- Lo-_os o Lc o_s o_o cO_oo .ODLo -- Sri Shankaracharya asks the liitle boy, Hastamlaka - Who are you invoking love in me? Whose child are you? Where are you going? What is your name? From where have you come? O Child! Please answer these for my happiness. 1 -oo c:``_ c cLo; t o_c Oo c _ ec t o_o nc L`` O;o_ oo t'c o. Little Hastamlaka answers - I am not man, not demigod or yaksha, not Brahman, kshatriya, vaisya or sudra (not belonging to any of the varnas), not brahmachari, householder, forest-dweller or sanyasi (not belonging to any of the four stages of life); but I am self knowledge alone. 2 2 Raja Gopal Sishtla Do o c_;oc . tc` o` c'`cossc_ oDo` s ` Do o oc o c`_.cO _o``occ_ As the sun is the cause of all worldly activities, similarly I am the cause of the activities of mind, eyes and other sense organs. Devoid of all limiting adjuncts like space, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 3 ocn:__; L_o_t'c_o.o c_;oc_t'co_s . Lo c o_ ;_c_cso c`_.cO _o``occ_ Like heat invariably is experienced along with fire, I am sensed eternally as self knowledge. Mind, eyes and other sense organs function under whose supervision, who is motionless himself and one, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 4 c:cs` co_c c_c- c:c_o .cs _ -c: L: Dccs` c ;a c. oc_o c`_.cO _o``occ_ Like shadow of face is reflected in mirror and on removing face, nothing is visible; similarly consciousness gets reflected in the mirror of intelligence like a living being. I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge or consciousness. 5 3 Raja Gopal Sishtla oc co_ccL cco-` c:o Dc_c sc_-ccso oc c Don ocs` o c`_.cO _o``occ_ As image is lost on removing the mirror and unimaginable face remains, similarly on removing the mirror of intelligence, that which is remaining, I am that image-less ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 6 c_;oco_o:s _oo o c_;oco__;oc c_;oconc__o. c`_.cO _o``oco_ Devoid of mind, eyes and other sense organs, which is mind of mind and eye of the eyes, and so on, not cognizable by the mind eyes and other sense organs, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 7 o Ls` DcO _o ec c . s_o``. --L c;a occs`` oc c:os c`_.cO _o``occ_ Like a single sun is seen in many forms in different ponds, in the same way who is one, pure, living, illumined in various intellects, who is like light, I am that self-luminous, ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 8 4 Raja Gopal Sishtla oc-s_; . s' oO_o_- s cc . sso`O .s_L c-s co o c s . t'c c`_.cO _o``occ_ - Like the light of sun simultaneously illumines all eyes, the one who alone illumines all the intellects simultaneously, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 9 DL_o_coo oco.co . noO -co- Lo DL`_' occo ccoo_cs c`_.cO _o``occ_ Like in the light of Sun, eyes actually see sun only in the form of different things, similarly in whose light eyes see the One, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 10 oc o_ Ls`._-s_c: - o_.__c_cL__o. cc: . O-_: :cc_s LL c`_.cO _o``occ_ Like the non-moving sun seems to break up in many in moving waters, but all those images merge in one in a calm water, similarly who looks many, moving and different in many intellects but is one, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 11 5 Raja Gopal Sishtla ;c__cc ;c__co__L oc ;_o c_c Occ oc tc LcO o cc cc c`_.cO _o``occ_ : Like sun seems to be hidden by dense clouds to a deluded person, similarly without right knowledge who looks to be bound, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 12 c- ;a L: ;_::_ocso c` L o_ _oO Doc_o_c ec cc__o.o c`_.cO _o``occ_ Which pervades everything like space but nothing can even touch it, which is pure and absolute truth, I am that ever-present, eternal self-knowledge. 13 e`c` oc ccc _c-o oc c cc t:c c c ;a c. oo coc sco c cocco_o oc cocco_o oc.o D`` Like crystal are differentiated based on their size and shape, but are same substance-wise, similarly You also look different due to difference in intellects. As many images of moon appear in moving waters, O all-pervading God, you also appear to be moving. 14 =O cc_osoo_ o` ccs occL o.yo L