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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 ‘Advaita Vedanta�, or non-dualism, one of the classical orthodox philosophies of Hinduism. The book teaches Viveka: discrimination between the real and the unreal. Shankara d...

निरस्तरागा विनिरस्तभोगा�
शान्ता� सुदान्ता यतयो महान्त� �
विज्ञा� तत्त्व� परमेतदन्ते
प्राप्ता� परां निर्वृतिमात्मयोगात� � ४७� �

nirastarāgā vinirastabhogā�
śāntā� sudāntā yatayo mahānta� |
vijñāya tattva� parametadante
prāptā� parā� nirvṛtimātmayogāt || 471 ||

471. High-souled Sannyasins who have got rid of all attachment and discarded all sense- enjoyments, and who are serene and perfectly restrained, realise this Supreme Truth and at the end attain the Supreme Bliss through their Self-realisation.

 

Notes:

[Santiyasins—lit. those who struggle after Realisation.

Pacified—refers to control of the mind.

Restrained—to control of the senses.

End &c.—They attain Videhamukti or disembodied, absolute Freedom after the fall of their body. ]

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