Vairagya Dindimam By Adi Sankaracharya
शङ्कराचार्यविरचचतं िैराग्र् डिण्डिमम ् Vairagya Dindimam of Adi Sankaracharya
(A Proclamation of Dispassion) माता नाण्तत विता नाण्तत नाण्तत बन्धुः सहोदरुः।
अर्थं नाण्तत गह ृ ं नाण्तत ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥१॥ mātā nāsti pitā nāsti nāsti bandhuḥ sahodaraḥ| arthaṁ nāsti gṛhaṁ nāsti tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata||
Your mother will not be with you eternally, nor your father Your relatives will not give you company forever nor your brothers Your wealth might get depleted, you may become homeless, So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh! man, and keep alert. जनम दुःध खं जरा दुःध खं जार्ा दुःध खं िधनुः िधनुः।
संसारसागरं दुःध खं ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥२॥ janma duḥkhaṁ jarā duḥkhaṁ jāyā duḥkhaṁ punaḥ punaḥ| saṁsārasāgaraṁ duḥkhaṁ tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata||
Your birth is filled with sorrow. Your sorrow gets worse as you are caught by old age... And the responsibilities of a family life with your wife can bring sorrow again and again The ocean of life of worldly woes is filled to the brim with sorrow... कामुः क्रो्श्च लोभश्च दे हे ततष्ठण्नत ततकराुः। ज्ञानरत्नािहारार् ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥३॥ kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca dehe tiṣṭhanti taskarāḥ| jñānaratnāpahārāya tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata||
To burgle away the gem of knowledge and discretion earned by you, the wily thieves’ lust, rage and avariciousness are lurking around you biding for their time.
So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh man and keep alert. आशर्ा बध्र्ते जनतुःध कमयणा बहधचचनतर्ा। आर्धुः क्षीणं न जानातत ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥४॥ āśayā badhyate jantuḥ karmaṇā bahucintayā| āyuḥ kṣīṇaṁ na jānāti tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata||
The living animal you are, you are bound by desires and expectations, you are bound by your past deeds or karmas, you are cowed down by worries and stress, and you are not really aware of the fact that your life and longevity are getting depleted. So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh man, and keep alert. क्षणं वित्तं क्षणं चचत्तं क्षणं जीवितमािर्ोुः। र्मतर् कणाय नाण्तत ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥५॥ kṣaṇaṁ vittaṁ kṣaṇaṁ cittaṁ kṣaṇaṁ jīvitamāvayoḥ| yamasya karṇā nāsti tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata||
Your money, earned over long periods can get depleted within a small moment, your stability of mind can tumble and you can lose balance of mind within a short time, and our earthly lives are too temporary and can cease in a moment. So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh man, and keep alert. तण्तमन ् क्षीणे विनश्र्ण्नत ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥६॥ ऋणानधबन्रूिेण िशधिण्त्नसधतादर्ुः।
tasmin kṣīṇe vinaśyanti tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata|| ṛṇānubandharūpeṇa paśupatnisutādayaḥ|
As long as it is necessary for the living being to wear off his Karmas, he lives in this world... Once the effects of past deeds or Karmas are over, he is called back and faces destruction and removal from this world
So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh man, and keep alert. ऋणानब ध न्रूिेण िशि ध ण्त्नसधतादर्ुः।
ऋणक्षर्े क्षर्ं र्ाण्नत ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥७॥ ṛṇānubandharūpeṇa paśupatnisutādayaḥ| ṛṇakṣaye kṣayaṁ yānti tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata||
The cattle, wives, offspring are all attached to you as if they are appendages or annexures to your debt of Karma or past deeds. Once your Karma is over, the debt is also cleared off and they become nonexistent in your life. So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh man, and keep alert. विद्र्धत ् चञ्चलं आर्धष्र्ं ततमात ् जाग्रत जाग्रत॥८॥
िक्िातन तरुिणायतन ितण्नत क्रमशो र्र्था। vidyut cañcalaṁ āyuṣyaṁ tasmāt jāgrata jāgrata|| pakvāni taruparṇāni patanti kramaśo yathā|
Your wealth and money are unreal like dream. It can just disappear when you wake up to reality... Your youth is just like a flower which blooms for a day and then shrinks and fades forever. Your life is just like a flash which happens similar to the eruption of a lighting and a thunderbolt. So be aware of these facts and wake up, oh man, and keep alert. तर्थैि जनतिुः काले तत्र का िररदे िना॥९॥ एकिक्ष ृ समारूढाुः नानाजातत विहङ्गमाुः। tathaiva jantavaḥ kāle tatra kā paridevanā|| ekavṛkṣasamārūḍhāḥ nānājāti vihaṅgamāḥ|
The yellowed leaves of a tree fall down from the tree in the course of time...
Just like that living beings also fall down and die as time takes its course... There is little that we can do about it by getting worried. प्रभाते क्रमशो र्ाण्नत तत्र का िररदे िना॥१०॥ prabhāte kramaśo yānti tatra kā paridevanā||
Birds of various types and various feathers, gather around the same branches of a tree overnight, but when the morning comes, all of them fly away in different directions... Life of people too is like that. There little that we can do about it by getting worried.