Vivekachudamani
by Shankara | 1921 | 49,785 words | ISBN-13: 9788175051065
The Vivekachudamani is a collection of poetical couplets authored by Shankara around the eighth century. The philosophical school this compilation attempts to expose is called 鈥楢dvaita Vedanta鈥�, or non-dualism, one of the classical orthodox philosophies of Hinduism. The book teaches Viveka: discrimination between the real and the unreal. Shankara d...
Verse 173
啶︵啶灌ぞ啶︵た啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶掂た啶粪く啷� 啶ぐ啶苦啶侧啶啶� 啶班ぞ啶椸
啶ぇ啷嵿え啶距い啶� 啶む啶� 啶啶班啶粪 啶ざ啷佮さ啶︵啶椸啶｀啶� 啷�
啶掂啶班じ啷嵿く啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶掂た啶粪さ啶む啶膏啶掂啶оぞ啶� 啶ざ啷嵿啶距う啷�
啶忇え啶� 啶掂た啶啶氞く啶むた 啶むえ啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶忇さ 啶え啷嵿ぇ啶距い啷� 啷� 啷оキ啷� 啷�deh膩disarvavi峁ye parikalpya r膩ga峁�
badhn膩ti tena puru峁峁� pa艣uvadgu峁噀na |
vairasyamatra vi峁vatsuvudh膩ya pa艣c膩d
ena峁� vimocayati tanmana eva bandh膩t || 173 ||173. It (first) creates an attachment in man for the body and all other sense-objects, and binds him through that attachment like a beast by means of ropes. Afterwards, the selfsame mind creates in the individual an utter distaste for these sense-objects as if they were poison, and frees him from the bondage.
Notes:
[For the double meaning of the word Guna, see note on Sloka 76. ]