Dasakam 094 - Sloka 01

शुद्धा निष्कामधर्मै: प्रवरगुरुगिरा तत्स्वरूपं परं ते शुद्धं देहेन्द्रियादिव्यपगतमखिलव्याप्तमावेदयन्ते । नानात्वस्थौल्यकार्श्यादि तु गुणजवपुस्सङ्गतोऽध्यासितं ते वह्नेर्दारुप्रभेदेष्विव महदणुतादीप्तताशान्ततादि ॥१॥

शुद्धा: निष्काम-धर्मै:purified minded people, by their desireless actionsप्रवर-गुरु-गिराby competent teacher's instructionsतत्-स्वरूपं परं तेthat aspect supreme of Thineशुद्धं देह-इन्द्रिय-आदि-immaculate, from body sense etc.,व्यपगतम्-transcendingअखिल-व्याप्तम्-आवेदयन्तेand all pervading , come to understandनानात्व-स्थौल्य-कार्श्य-आदिmultiplicity, big thin etc.,तु गुणज-वपु:-सङ्गत:-indeed are the Gunas in which the bodies are associatedअध्यासितं तेare super imposed on Theeवह्ने:-दारु-प्रभेदेषु-इवin fire, due to the wood of different form, just as,महत्-अणुता-दीप्तता-bigness, smallness brightnessशान्तता-आदिdimness etc.,

People, whose minds are purified by performing desireless actions, come to understand from the instructions of competent teachers, Thy supreme aspect which is immaculate, bodiless, taintless, all pervading and transcendent. As for the qualities of multiplicity, stoutness, thinness etc., which are in association with the bodies constituted of the three gunas, are super imposed on Thee. It is like the expensiveness, small ness, dimness and brilliance of fire according to the nature of the fuel (wood) on which it manifests.