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Vedanta

isAwm vyd kau soiD kir miQ vydWqu ibAwis suxwieAw ]

siaam vayd kau sodhi kari madi vaydaantu biaasi sounaaiaa.

Vyas (Badarayan) recited Vedanta (sutras) after churning and researching the thought frame of the Samaveda.

kQnI bdnI bwhrw Awpy Apxw bRhmu jxwieAw ]

kadanee badanee baaharaa aapay apanaa brahamu janaaiaa.

He put up before the self (atman) as identical to indescribable Brahm.

ndrI iksY n ilAwveI haumY AMdir Brim BulwieAw ]

nadaree kisai n liaavaee haoumai andari bharami bhulaaiaa.

He in invisible and the jiv wanders hither and thither in its delusions of self conceit.

Awpu pujwie jgiq ivic Bwau Bgiq dw mrmu n pwieAw ]

aapu pujaai jagat vichi bhaau bhagati daa maramu n paaiaa.

By establishing the self as the Brahm he is in fact established one's own self as worthy of worship and therefore remained unknown to the mysteries of loving devotion.

iqRpiq n AwvI vyid miQ AgnI AMdir qpiq qpwieAw ]

tripati n aavee vaydi madi aganee andari tapati tapaaiaa.

Churning of the Vedas could not obtain peace for him and he started scorching one and all in the heat of is ego.

mwieAw fMf n auqyry jm fMfy bhu duiK rUAwieAw ]

maaiaa dand n outaray jam dandai bahu doukhi rooaaiaa.

The rod of maya always hung over his head and he suffered extremely because of the constant fear of the Yama, the god of death.

nwrid muin aupdyisAw miQ Bwgvq guin gIq krwieAw ]

naaradi mouni oupadaysiaa madi bhaagavat gouni geet karaaiaa.

Having obtained knowledge from Narad, he recited Bhagvat and thus eulogised God.

ibnu srnI nih koie qrwieAw ]11]

binu saranee nahi koi taraaiaa ||11||

Without surrender before the Guru none could get across (the world ocean).