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...
Verse 48
शिष्� उवाच
कृपय� श्रूयतां स्वामिन् प्रश्नोऽयं क्रियत� मय� �
यदुत्तरमहं श्रुत्वा कृतार्थः स्या� भवन्मुखात् � ४८ �śiṣya uvāca
kṛpayā śrūyatā� svāmin praśno'ya� kriyate mayā |
yaduttaramaha� śrutvā kṛtārtha� syā� bhavanmukhāt || 48 ||48. The Disciple said: Condescend to listen, O Master, to the question I am putting (to thee); I shall be gratified to hear a reply to the same from thy lips.