The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Ātmabodhaḥ

Verse 1

आत्मबोधःनमः श्रीशङ्करानन्दगुरुपादाम्बुजन्मने ।सविलासमहामोहग्राहग्रासैककर्मणे ॥

In plain words

Self-Knowledge. I bow at the lotus feet of my teacher, Śrī Śaṅkarānanda — feet with one work and one only: to swallow whole the crocodile of great moha, and every glittering play it puts on.

Close to the Sanskrit

Ātmabodha. Salutation to the water-born lotus of the feet of the revered guru Śaṅkarānanda — to that whose sole work is the swallowing of the crocodile of great delusion along with its play.