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वैराग्य शतक – भक्तिस्तरुणेंदुशेखरे

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महेश्वरे वा जगतामधीश्वरे
     जनार्दने वा जगदंतरात्मनि ।
न वस्तुभेद प्रतिपत्तिरस्ति मे
     तथापि भक्तिस्तरुणेंदुशेखरे ॥

- वैराग्य शतक

maheshvare vA jagatAmadhishvare
     janArdane vA jagat antarAtmani ।
na vastu bheda pratipattirasti me
    tathApi bhaktiH taruNa indu shekhare ॥

- vairAgya shataka

Lord Shiva, who is the owner of this world, or Lord Vishnu who is in every one’s conscience – I do not differentiate between them. Both are equal to me. But when it comes to worshiping, I worship the God with young moon on his head (Shiva). A mendicant would definitely identify with Shiva because Lord Shiva himself is said to have led a very ascetic life.

- Vairagya Shataka, Shiva

अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक – शरणं चरणं महेशस्य

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भव्यमभव्यं वा नः प्रलिखतु वेधाः सुदुर्मेधाः ।
सव्यमसव्यं वा नः शरणं चरणं महेशस्य ॥

- अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

bhavyam abhavyam vA naH pralikhatu vedhAH sudurmedhAH ।
savyam asavyam vA naH sharaNam charaNam maheshasya ॥

- appayya dIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

Let the creator write prosperity or misery in my fate. I would not bother.Either way I will bow down to the left or the right foot of the Lord. It does not matter whether it is misery or prosperity when the destination is the Lord himself.

- Appayya Dikshit’s Vairagya Shataka

अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक – विषय सुख

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निध्यायसि विषयसुखं न ध्यायसि विषममस्य परिपाकम् ।
बंधुं तमेव चिंतय बंधुं मोक्तुं च यः क्षमते ॥

- अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

nidhyAyasi viShayasukham na dhyAyasi viShamam asya paripAkam ।
bandhum tameva chintaya bandhum mOktum cha yaH kShamate ॥

- appayya dIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

You are attaching yourself to worldly pleasures, not fully understanding the misery that follows. You should be thinking about God who alone can help you both attain attachment and detachment. He is the only attachment that one must have.

- Appayya Dikshit’s Vairagya Shataka

अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक – विषयानि

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विषयाननुकूलयितुं विषयिणि हृदये विधीयतां यत्नः ।
दृशि देयमौषधं को दृश्ये दत्त्वा सुखी भवति ॥

-अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

viShayAn anukUlayitum viShayiNi hRudaye vidhIyatAm yatnaH ।
dRushi deyam auShadham ko dRushye dattvA sukhI bhavati ॥

- appayya dIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

If one intends to make the external stimuli pleasant then he has to look inwards and condition the receptors in his heart. If the mind is clean and conditioned, it will not get anxious every time the eyes are attracted to something. Who can be happy if the medicine given to the eyes is applied to the objects the eye sees?

- Appayya Dikshit’s Vairagya Shataka

अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक – यमपुरि

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वंगाः कथमंगाः कथमित्यनुयुंक्ते वृथा देशान् ।
कीदृक् कृतान्तपुरमिति कोऽपि जिज्ञासते लोकः ॥

- अप्पय्य दीक्षितस्य वैराग्य शतक

vangAH katham agAH katham iti anuyunkte vRuthA deshAn ।
kIdRuk kRutAnta puram iti ko api jijnAsate lokaH ॥

- appayyadIkShitasya vairAgya shataka

How is Vanga kingdom? How is the Anga kingdom? People ask such questions about far of lands. No one in this world are contemplating on where they would be after death. How would that kingdom of death be?

- Appyya Dikshita’s Vairagya Shataka