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 189
啶啶洁く啶� 啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠぎ啶距く啶距 啶啶班ぞ啶｀啶粪 啶灌啶︵た 啶膏啶啶班い啷嵿く啶 啶溹啶啶むた啶� 啷�
啶曕啶熰じ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶膏え啷嵿え啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啶� 啶啶曕啶むぞ 啶さ啶む啶啶ぞ啶оた啶膏啶ム 啷� 啷оギ啷� 啷�yo'ya峁� vij帽膩naM膩y膩岣� pr膩峁噀峁 h峁沝i sphuratyaya峁� jyoti岣� |
k奴峁璦stha岣� sann膩tm膩 kart膩 bhokt膩 bhavatyup膩dhistha岣� || 189 ||189. The self-effulgent 膧tman, which is Pure Knowledge, shines in the midst of the Pr膩峁嘺s, within the heart. Though immutable, It becomes the agent and experiencer owing to Its superimposition, the knowledge sheath. 聽
Notes:
[The first part of this Sloka is a quotation from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV. iii. 7.
In the midst of the Pranas鈥攇reat nearness is
meant. Prana means force, here the physiological and mental forces are referred to.
Within the heart鈥攊n Buddhi, the seat of which is supposed to be the heart. ]