आज का श्लोक, ’संप्रतिष्ठा ’ / ’saṃpratiṣṭhā’,

आज का श्लोक, ’संप्रतिष्ठा ’ / ’saṃpratiṣṭhā’,
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’संप्रतिष्ठा ’ / ’saṃpratiṣṭhā’ - सुदृढ आधार, स्थिर स्थिति,

अध्याय 15, श्लोक 3,

न रूपमस्येह तथोपलभ्यते
नान्तो न चादिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा ।
अश्वत्थमेनं सुविरूढमूल-
मसङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥
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(न रूपम् अस्य इह तथा-उपलभ्यते
न-अन्तः न च आदिः न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा ।
अश्वत्थम् एनम् सुविरूढमूलम्
असङ्गशस्त्रेण दृढेन छित्त्वा ॥)

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भावार्थ :
यहाँ, इस जगत् में, न तो इसका वास्तविक स्वरूप, न इसका अन्त, प्रारंभ, या वह आधार ही मन-बुद्धि इन्द्रियों आदि की पकड़ में आ पाता है, जो इसे बनाये रखता है ।  इस अत्यन्त दृढ़ और उलझी हुई जड़ों वाले अश्वत्थ को असङ्गरूपी शस्त्र से काटकर, ...
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’संप्रतिष्ठा ’ / ’saṃpratiṣṭhā’ - firm stable support / position,

Chapter 15, shloka 3,

na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate
nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā |
aśvatthamenaṃ suvirūḍhamūla-
masaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||
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(na rūpam asya iha tathā-upalabhyate
na-antaḥ na ca ādiḥ na ca sampratiṣṭhā |
aśvattham enam suvirūḍhamūlam
asaṅgaśastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā ||)
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Meaning : It is not possible to find out The real character and form of this ashvattha-tree* (the Indian Banyan, the holy-fig tree), which has strong entangled roots, has no beginning, nor the end, and neither there is any firm and stable ground to support and keep it secure.
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*Notes :
1.(discernible, though intangible).
2.This has been the basis of my 'Silent-Dialogues', -1 to 331.
(http://vinaykvaidya.blogspot.in/)
3.This is the mathematical way of treating the indescribable. Where the 'unknown' is kept 'undefined'. One can see a parallel of this approach in the Advanced Mathematics of this-day also, where some basic and fundamental elements have been left 'undefined'. An honest and humble acceptance and assertion that the doubt persists and really, we don't know.
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