Ashtavakra Gita · Verse 16.11 · Ashtavakra speaks
Let even Hara, Hari or the lotus-born Brahma be your instructor, but unless you forget all, you cannot be established in the Self.
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हरः
haraḥ
Hara (Shiva)
noun, masculine, nominative singular
यदि
yadi
if
conjunction
उपदेष्टा
upadeṣṭā
instructor
noun, masculine, nominative singular
ते
te
your
pronoun, genitive singular
हरिः
hariḥ
Hari (Vishnu)
noun, masculine, nominative singular
कमलजः
kamalajaḥ
the lotus-born (Brahma)
noun, masculine, nominative singular
Even instruction by such supreme teachers, generally most efficacious, will fail if the supreme condition is not fulfilled.
अपि
api
even
particle
वा
vā
or
conjunction
तथापि
tathāpi
yet, even so
adverb
न
na
not
particle
तव
tava
your
pronoun, genitive singular
स्वास्थ्यं
svāsthyaṃ
establishment in the Self
noun, neuter, nominative singular
The supreme condition: one must be aware of the Self only and of nothing else, for awareness of anything else creates a division in the non-differentiated Pure Consciousness that is the Self.
सर्वविस्मरणात्
sarvavismaraṇāt
from forgetting all
noun, neuter, ablative singular
ऋते
ṛte
without, unless
postposition (with ablative)