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 тАШAdvaita VedantaтА�, 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 134
рд� рдЬрд╛рдпрддре� рдиреЛ рдореНрд░рд┐рдпрддре� рд� рд╡рд░реНрдзрддреЗ
рд� рдХреНрд╖реАрдпрддре� рдиреЛ рд╡рд┐рдХрд░реЛрддрд� рдирд┐рддреНрдпрдГ ре�
рд╡рд┐рд▓реАрдпрдорд╛рдиреЗрд╜рдкрд┐ рд╡рдкреБрд╖реНрдпрдореБрд╖реНрдорд┐рдиреН
рд� рд▓реАрдпрддре� рдХреБрдореНрд� рдЗрд╡рд╛рдореНрдмрд░рдВ рд╕реНрд╡рдпрдореН ре� резрейре� ре�na j─Бyate no mriyate na vardhate
na kс╣г─лyate no vikaroti nityaс╕� |
vil─лyam─Бne'pi vapuс╣гyamuс╣гmin
na l─лyate kumbha iv─Бmbaraс╣� svayam || 134 ||134. It is neither born nor dies, It neither grows nor decays, nor does It undergo any change, being eternal. It does not cease to exist even when this body is destroyed, like the sky in a jar (after it is broken), for It is independent.
Notes:
[This Sloka refers to the six states enumerated by Yaska, which overtake every being, such as birth, existence etc. The Atman is above all change.]