The next composition is in honor of Swami Chinmayananda, the great Advaitic sage of the 20th century.
cinmayAnandasya bhaktO bhavAmi (2000)
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vasantarAgE miSracAputAlEna gIyatE
pallavi
cinmayAnandasya bhaktO bhavAmi |
cinmAtrasya mAyAvIdvaitatamOharasya ||
anupallavi
vAngmayabhAshyakArasya Sankarasya |
vEdOpanishadrahasyaprakASakasya ||
caraNam
brahmaprajnAnavyAptasya kOvidasya |
brahmAtmaikatvasambOdhakasya ||
nAmarUpapanCakOSamuktasya tasya |
nAyakakulajAtasya brahmAsmItibuddhasya ||
kAmArthasarvatyaktasya kumkumavarNAmbaradharasya |
kEraLadESaputrasya himAlayanivAsasya ramaNasya ||
Translation
I am a devotee of Chinmayananda,
Of him who is pure consciousness (cinmAtra),
Of him who dispels the darkness of illusory duality [1].
Of him who is an eloquent commentator, Of him who is auspicious,
Of him who throws light upon the secrets of the upanishads of the veda.
Of him who is pervaded by brahman-consciousness [2], Of him who is learned,
Of him who enlightens (us) of the unity of Brahman and Atman [3],
Of him who is free of names, forms, and the five sheaths [4a], Of That (tat) [4b],
Of him who is born in the clan of Nayakas, Of him who knows that 'I am Brahman' [5],
Of him who has renounced all desires and wealth, Of him who wears saffron-hued robes,
Of him who is a son of Kerala, Of him who resides in the Himalayas, Of him who pleases.
Notes
[1] Reference to duality caused by mAyA; also Ref. to the dualist schools of Indian philosophy.
The first four lines of the caraNam encapsulate the four mahAvAkyas (Great Utterances) of the Upanishads:
[2] Ref. to the mahAvAkya 'prajnAnam brahma' (aitareya up.)
[3] Ref. to the mahAvAkya 'ayamAtmA brahma' (mANDUkya up.)
[4a and 4b] Ref. to the mahAvAkya 'tat tvam asi' (chhAndOgya up.) and its context.
[5] Ref. to the mahAvAkya 'aham brahmAsmi' (bRhadAraNyaka up.)
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