Eka Shloki — Complete Lyrics
एकश्लोकी
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
किं ज्योतिस्तवभानुमानहनि मे रात्रौ प्रदीपादिकं
स्यादेवं रविदीपदर्शनविधौ किं ज्योतिराख्याहि मे ।
चक्षुस्तस्य निमीलनादिसमये किं धीर्धियो दर्शने
किं तत्राहमतो भवान्परमकं ज्योतिस्तदस्मि प्रभो ॥
इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य
श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्य
श्रीमच्छङ्करभगवतः कृतौ एकश्लोकी सम्पूर्णा ॥
kiṃ jyotistavabhānumānahani me rātrau pradīpādikaṃ
syādevaṃ ravidīpadarśanavidhau kiṃ jyotirākhyāhi me |
cakṣustasya nimīlanādisamaye kiṃ dhīrdhiyo darśane
kiṃ tatrāhamato bhavānparamakaṃ jyotistadasmi prabho ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya
śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau ekaślokī sampūrṇā ||
A single-verse dialogue by Adi Shankaracharya pointing to the Self as the light by which all is known — "What is your light? The sun by day, the lamp by night… and by what light is the lamp itself seen? — That I am."
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