Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Mantra Raja Pada Stotram Shloka 11

दासभूताः स्वतः सर्वे ह्यात्मानः परमात्मनः ।
    अतोऽहमपि ते दासः इति मत्वा नमाम्यहम् ॥ ११॥

dAsa bhutah svatah sarve hya AtmAnah paramAtmanah
ato aham api te dAsah iti matva namamyaham


dAsa – servants are,
bhutAh – living beings
svatas – yours
sarve – all
All living beings are your servants

hya AtmAnAh – all the souls (already there)
paramAtmanah – are You the Supreme Soul

All souls are but You, the Supreme Soul (Advaita)
You, the Supreme Soul are in every soul (Dvaita as well as Advaita)

ato – therefore
aham – I
api – also
te – Yours
dasah – servant

Therefore I too am Your servant

iti – thus
atva – You (tvAm)
namAmi – salute
aham – I

Hence, I salute You

Complete Shloka:
All living beings (bhutah) are Your servants (dasa), O Supreme Soul, lord of all souls
Thus I too am your servant, and I salute Yourself

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