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 36
啶︵啶班啶掂ぞ啶班じ啶傕じ啶距ぐ啶︵さ啶距啷嵿え啶苦い啶啶む
啶︵啶о啶ぎ啶距え啶� 啶︵啶班う啷冟し啷嵿啶掂ぞ啶む啶� 啷�
啶啶む 啶啶班お啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶ぐ啶苦お啶距す啶� 啶啶む啶啶�
啶多ぐ啶｀啶ぎ啶ㄠ啶う啷嵿く啶︵す啶� 啶� 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ 啷� 啷┼ガ 啷�诲耻谤惫腻谤补蝉补峁僺腻谤补诲补惫腻驳苍颈迟补辫迟补峁�
dodh奴yam膩na峁� durad峁涐梗峁璦v膩tai岣� |
bh墨ta峁� prapanna峁� parip膩hi m峁泃yo岣�
艣ara峁噛amanyadyadaha峁� na j膩ne || 36 ||36. Save me from death, afflicted as I am by the unquenchable fire of this world-forest, and shaken violently by the winds of an untoward lot, terrified and (so) seeking refuge in thee, for I do not know of any other man with whom to seek shelter.
Notes:
[Forest-fire &c.鈥擳he world (厂补尘蝉谩谤补) is commonly compared to a wilderness on fire. The physical and mental torments are referred to.
Untoward lot鈥� the aggregate of bad deeds done in one鈥檚 past incarnations, which bring on the evils of the present life.]