Krishjan

Chapter 10 — Tenth Khanda

Jabal Darshan

13 Shloka • Translation Only

Now I shall explain Samādhi, the destroyer of worldly existence. Samādhi is the arising of direct awareness (Saṃvid) of the unity of the individual self (Jīva) with the Supreme Reality (Para).

The Ātman is eternal, all-pervading, changeless, and free from all defects. It is One alone, yet appears divided through delusion caused by Māyā—never in its true nature.

Therefore, Non-duality (Advaita) alone truly exists; there is neither the manifested world nor the cycle of worldly existence in the ultimate sense. Just as space is spoken of as the space within a pot or the space within a hall...

In the same way, through delusion, the one Ātman is spoken of as two—the individual self (Jīva) and the Lord (Īśvara). "I am not the body, nor the Prāṇa, nor the senses, nor indeed the mind."

"Because I am eternally of the nature of the Witness, I am Śiva alone, the Absolute." O foremost of sages, abiding firmly in this conviction— this is called Samādhi.

"I am Brahman. I am not subject to Saṃsāra. There is never anything separate from me." Just as foam, waves, and other forms arise from the ocean and again return to it...

Just as foam, waves, and all other forms dissolve back into the ocean, so too the entire universe dissolves into me. Therefore, the mind has no separate existence, nor does the world of Māyā truly exist independently.

For the one to whom this Supreme Self (Paramātman) has been revealed as the innermost reality, he attains his true state of Being and directly realizes the Supreme Immortal Reality.

When Consciousness (Caitanya), which is ever-present and all-pervading, shines clearly within the mind, then, for the yogi, realization arises spontaneously and without any separation.

When one sees all beings in one's own Self, and the Self in all beings, then one attains Brahman.

When, established in Samādhi, one no longer perceives the multiplicity of beings, having become one with the Supreme Reality, then one abides as the Absolute Alone (Kevala).

When one realizes the Self alone as the ultimate reality, and sees the entire universe as nothing but Māyā, then one attains perfect peace and fulfillment.

Having thus spoken, the blessed Dattātreya, the great sage, concluded his teaching. Sāṅkṛti, established in his own true nature, abided in happiness, utterly free from fear. Om. May all be nourished and fulfilled... Peace. Peace. Peace. Thus ends the Jābāladarśana Upaniṣad.