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अपि व्यापकत्वाद्धि तत्त्वप्रयोगा
त्स्वतः सिद्धभावादनन्याश्रयत्वात्।
जगत्तुच्छमेतत्समस्तं तदन्य
त्तदेकोऽवशिष्टः शिवः केवलोऽहम्।।9।।
Api vyāpakatvāddhi tattvaprayogā
Tsvataḥ siddhabhāvādananyāśrayatvāt.
Jagattucchametatsamastaṃ tadanya
Ttadeko’vaśiṣṭaḥ śivaḥ kevalo’ham..9..
Being all pervasive and goal oriented,
Being dependent on its own nature,
Than depending on any out side thing,
This world is trivial as it is different from self.
So I am simply Shiva the self,
For this remains even in sleep,
After everything is taken out.

Dasa Shloki – Commentary by S.N. Sastri

The Atma is all-pervading, is the desired goal, is self-existent, and is not dependent on any thing else, while the entire universe which is different from it is unreal. I remain as the one auspicious self free from all attributes.


Dasa Shloki – Verse 9 – Dasa Shloki – 9-Api vyāpakatvāddhi – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation and Meaning – Adi Sankaracharya – Dasa-Shloki-9