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Ekashloki: The Single Verse on Non-Dual Consciousness (Spiritual Ambient) via YouTube https://lnkd.in/enETQ8tX A profound and contemplative spiritual ambient piece centered on the recitation and contemplation of the "Ekashloki" (The Single Verse) by Sadguru Śrīdharasvāmī. The music creates a vast, spacious soundscape using deep, resonant drones and subtle, crystalline textures that mirror the verse's exploration of ultimate reality. The Sanskrit chant, delivered with meditative clarity, poses the central inquiry of Advaita Vedanta: How does the apparent, material world arise from pure, non-dual consciousness? The track is designed for deep listening and introspection, inviting the listener to ponder the nature of existence, perception, and the Self beyond all distinctions. Lyrical Explanation: This single, potent Sanskrit verse (śārdūlavikrīḍitavṛittam) encapsulates the core inquiry of non-dual philosophy. It questions how the experienced world of names, forms, and actions—characterized by duality and inertness (jaḍa)—can appear to arise from the singular, blissful reality of pure consciousness (cinmātra). It challenges the apparent reality of individual perception ("aham" - I) and, by implication, the distinctions between the all-knowing Supreme Lord and the limited individual soul, pointing toward their essential oneness in the absolute. Full Original Sanskrit Text: एकश्लोकी (शार्दूलविक्रीडितवृत्तम्) चिन्मात्रे सुखविग्रहे कथमिदं ह्यद्वैतमात्रे जडं नाम्नाव्यष्टिसमष्टितोऽपिजनिमद्रूपेण कार्यात्मकम् । स्फूर्तिर्नैव विभात्यहर्यदितु किं तस्मात्परचावरः सर्वज्ञः परमेश्वरोऽपि च तथा किञ्चिज्ञजीवो भवेत् ॥ इति श्रीमत् परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्य सद्गुरु भगवान् श्रीधरस्वामीमहाराजविरचिता एकश्लोकी समाप्ता । Full Transliteration (IAST): Ekaślokī (Śārdūlavikrīḍitavṛittam) Cinmātre sukhavigrahe katham idaṃ hy advaitamātre jaḍaṃ nāmnā vyasṭi-samasṭito'pi janimad rūpeṇa kāryātmakam | Sphūrtir naiva vibhāty aham yadi tu kiṃ tasmāt para-cāvaraḥ sarvajñaḥ parameśvaro'pi ca tathā kiñca-jñajīvo bhavet || Iti śrīmat paramahaṃsa-parivrājakācārya sadguru bhagavān śrīdharasvāmīmahārāja-viracitā ekaślokī samāptā | Full English Translation: The Single Verse (In the Śārdūlavikrīḍita meter) In the sole reality of Consciousness, which is of the nature of bliss, how can this inert universe—which is essentially non-dual yet appears as names in individual and collective forms, and is born as forms of action—arise? If the perception "I" does not shine at all, then what [can be said]? Therefore, how can there be a distinction like the higher and lower, the all-knowing Supreme Lord, and similarly, the little-knowing individual soul? Thus completes the "Single Verse" composed by the venerable Supreme Swan, wandering monastic teacher, true guru, and divine lord Śrīdharasvāmī Mahārāja. 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 Download this track (Royalty-Free, Commercial...