DASASLOKI WITH TELUGU LYRICS AND MEANING

DASASLOKI WITH TELUGU LYRICS AND MEANING
Sri Sankaracharya.
Acknowledgements to: VEDANTA BHARATI and
Sri Dinesh Hegde (Audio Rendition)
The birth of Dasasloki is an interesting event. Sri Sankara in imminent danger of death in the jaws of a crocodile in the river Purna in his village Kaladi, takes Sannyasa informally by pronouncing the prescribed formula. But when the crocodile immediately frees him from its grip, Sri Sankara is faced with the necessity of seeking a competent teacher who can regularise the Sannayasa and initiate him in the Upanishadic passages. He travelled north and ultimately found such teacher in Sri Govindapadacharya, who was in deep meditation in a cave on the banks of the Narmada. When fervently implored by Sri Sankara, the Saint woke up and asked Sri Sankara who he was. It was in response to this simple question that Sri Sankara burst out in a set of ten pregnant stanzas explaining the real nature of the Self which alone he was. The Saint realising that Sri Sankara was a realised soul, who had come to him for initiation only to confirm to the normal method of entering the Sannyasa Order, immediately accepted him as a disciple.
May Sri Sankara leads us from ignorance to Truth by helping us realize aatman.
AUM tat sat.