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 11
啶氞た啶む啶むじ啷嵿く 啶多啶︵啶оく啷� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶� 啶む 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷傕お啶侧が啷嵿ぇ啶 啷�
啶掂じ啷嵿い啷佮じ啶苦う啷嵿ぇ啶苦ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦啶距ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶� 啶曕た啶傕啶苦い啷嵿啶班啶啷嬥啶苦き啶苦 啷� 啷оェ 啷�cittasya 艣uddhaye karma na tu vast奴palabdhaye |
vastusiddhirvic膩re峁嘺 na ki峁僣itkarmako峁璱bhi岣� || 11 ||11. Work leads to purification of the mind, not to perception of the Reality. The realisation of Truth is brought about by discrimination and not in the least by ten million of acts.
Notes:
[The idea is, that works properly done cleanse the mind of its impurities, when the Truth flashes of itself. ]