Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya
SELECT WORKS

Him Whom the knowers of the SELF know as the Supreme Lord "in whom I am" by eliminating as not-I whatever is perceptible, and by realising that bliss which is self- resplendent consciousness,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (10)

Him in Whom the devotees of the Immutable, forsaking their bodies, merge themselves by realising Him as the pure self-resplendent SELF, infinite like space, as That which alone remains when all that is cognisable and differentiated is eliminated step by step,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (11)

Him Who is in all, Whose body is this all, and yet Who is not this all, Who knows all, but Whom none knows at all, and Who, as stated above, holds all this together, being the inner spirit thereof,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (12)

Him Who is realised as "I am the One that is the All" by those who see, by their reason, all this universe as existing within themselves and their own self as the Unborn residing in the heart of all beings,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (13)

Him Who is described by some as the One in all beings that sees and smells and tastes and touches and hears and knows, and by others as the witness that is the seer in all doers,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (14)

Him Who is realised as the Supreme Lord, the SELF that is the knower of objects, Who sees and hears and tastes and smells and knows and holds this body together as the individual self therein,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (15)

He Who sees objects of gross matter in the waking state, illusion in dream, and blissful repose in deep sleep and Himself in the fourth state and is happy,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (16)

Him Who, though pure, imperishable, one and unborn, nevertheless imposes upon Himself [**] different qualities and different shapes and, like a crystal [*+], shines variegated, differentiated and hidden by the fruits of action--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (17)

Him Who is the one Reality, but Who owing to the diversity of intellects, is conventionally spoken of in various ways as Brahman, Vishnu, Rudra, Fire, the Sun, the Moon, Indra, Vayu (the God of Wind), and sacrifice,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (18)

Him, the Unborn, Whom, at the beginning of the Taittiriya-Upanishad, Varuna explained to Bhrigu [**] as being uncontradictable, conscious,. pure, imperishable, transcendental, unperturbed, unperceivable, without parts, blissful, and without a second,--that Hari, the destroyer of the darkness of samsara, I praise. (19),