Adi Sankaracharya

To think that adi sankaracharya lived only 32-years before he became one with the ONE is always amazing..i have read his bio graphy many a times ..but still when i come across the line that he has done everything in 32 -years always lives me in awe.

It is just the sicearity of a soul which wanted to see the truth , saw it , spread it ..and still we are following the same advaitic way of religion which again amazes me ..

Have a look at the way he sings from the bottom of his soul :

Na thatho, na matha,
na bandur na datha,
Na puthro, na puthri , na bruthyo ,
na bartha,Na jayaa na Vidhya,
na Vruthir mamaiva,Gathisthwam, Gathisthwam Thwam ekaa Bhavani.

Neither the mother nor the father,Neither the relation nor the friend,Neither the son nor the daughter,Neither the servant nor the husband,Neither the wife nor the knowledge,And neither my sole occupation,Are my refuges that I can depend, Oh, Bhavani,

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Jwalath kodi balarka bhasarunangim,
Sulavanya srungara lokabhiramam,
Mahapadma kinjalka madhye virajat,
Trikone nishannam bhaje sri Bhavanim. 2

I sing about that Bhavani,
Who sits in the triangle,
Which shines in the stamen of the great lotus,
Who has the luster of crores of rising suns,



Ithi sri Bhavani swaroopam thavedam,
Prapanchat param chahi sookshma prasannam,
Sphuratvambha dimbhasya mey hrth saroje,
Sada Vang mayam sarva thejo mayam cha. 10


This form of yours, Oh Bhavani,
Which is much above the universe,
In its micro form,May please shine in the lotus heart mine,
And bless me in your lustrous form,S
o that I rule over the wealth of words.
Who is immensely pretty,
And who attracts the entire world by her charm.


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