HASTHAMALAKA GEETAM-----ADISHANKARA

HASTHA=HAND, AMALAKA=AMLA FRUIT[WHEN AMALAKA IS ON UR PALM, THESE CAN BE SEEN AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE. HENCE NAME HASTHAMALAKA INDICATES ONE WHO EXPLAINS TRUTH AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE.-------THIRD VERSE STATES------NIMITTHAM MANHA,CHAKSHURADHI PRAVRUTHOU,NIRASTHAKI LOPADIRAKASHA KALPAHA.------RAVIRLOKACHESHTA NIMITHAM YADAYAHA,     SA NITHYOPALABDHI,  --SWARPOHAMATMA.       PURPORT---JUST AS THE SUN IS THE WITNESS OF ALL KARMAS DONE BY HUMAN-BEINGS,OUR MIND,EYES AND OTHER SENSE ORGANS GET THE SENTIENCY DUE TO ATMA ALONE. ALTHOUGH ATMA DOES NOT DO ANY WORK.  BUT SENTIENCY HAPPENS BECAUSE OF ATMA AND ATMA ALONE. IT,S LIKE THIS------IN  THIS WORLD WHEN SUN  RISES,EVERYBODY GETS UP AND INVOLVES THEMSELVES IN DAY TO DAY WORK.[INVARIABLY ANIMALS AND BIRDS ALSO DO THEIR JOBS TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES.]BUT SUN JUST REMAINS AS WITNESS. IT DOES NOT DO ANY JOB.IT JUST LIGHTENS OBJECTS,IT NEITHER FORCES ANYBODY TO DO KARMA. THUS WE FIND SUN IS  ONLY A NIMTHA. IT,S ONLY A WITNESS OF ALL TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING. IN THIS VERSE ATMA  IS COMPARED TO SUN[ONLY A COMPARISON MIND YOU]. IN FACT ATMA IS BRAHMASWAROOPA ITSELF---THUS YOU FIND IN OUR VEDAS, MANY SHRUTHI TEXTS REFERS TO DO UPASNA ON SUN AS BRAHMAN----[--ASAVADITHYO BRAHMA ], INCIDENTALLY IT JUST TELLS YOU TO SAGUNOPASANA, AND LATER, WHEN YOU MATURE, YOU MAY KNOW NRGUNATWAM OF ATMA OR BRAHMAN   --------