न वर्णा न वर्णाश्रमाचारधर्मा
न मे धारणाध्यानयोगादयोऽपि।
अनात्माश्रयाहं ममाध्यासहाना
त्तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम्।।2।।
न मे धारणाध्यानयोगादयोऽपि।
अनात्माश्रयाहं ममाध्यासहाना
त्तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम्।।2।।
Na varṇā na varṇāśramācāradharmā
Na me dhāraṇādhyānayogādayo’pi.
Anātmāśrayāhaṃ mamādhyāsahānā
Ttadeko’vaśiṣṭaḥ śivaḥ kevalo’ham..2..
Na me dhāraṇādhyānayogādayo’pi.
Anātmāśrayāhaṃ mamādhyāsahānā
Ttadeko’vaśiṣṭaḥ śivaḥ kevalo’ham..2..
I am not the caste, I am not the caste rules,
I am not stages of life,
I am not rules , I am not the just conduct,
I am not meditation, I am not yogic practice,
For the concept of I and me destroy all these.
I am simply Shiva the self,
For this remains even in sleep,
After everything is taken out.
I am not stages of life,
I am not rules , I am not the just conduct,
I am not meditation, I am not yogic practice,
For the concept of I and me destroy all these.
I am simply Shiva the self,
For this remains even in sleep,
After everything is taken out.
Dasa Shloki – Commentary by S.N. Sastri
Neither the division into castes and stages of life, nor the rules of conduct and duties of the various castes and stages of life apply to me. I have no need for dharana, dhyana or yoga, etc. Since the notions of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ which are due to identification with the not-self (body, mind and organs) have gone, I remain as the one auspicious self free from all attributes.
Dasa Shloki – Verse 2 – Dasa Shloki – 2-Na varṇā na varṇāśramā – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation and Meaning – Adi Sankaracharya – Dasa-Shloki-2