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 169
啶� 啶灌啶じ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ 啶え啶膏啶洁い啶苦ぐ啶苦啷嵿い啶�
啶え啷� 啶灌啶さ啶苦う啷嵿く啶� 啶さ啶え啷嵿ぇ啶灌啶む啶� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿さ啶苦え啶粪啶熰 啶膏啶侧 啶掂た啶ㄠし啷嵿啶�
啶掂た啶溹啶啶た啶む啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿じ啶曕げ啶� 啶掂た啶溹啶啶い啷� 啷� 啷оガ啷� 啷�na hyastyavidy膩 manaso'tirikt膩
mano hyavidy膩 bhavabandhahetu岣� |
tasminvina峁ａ弓e sakala峁� vina峁ａ弓a峁�
vij峁沵bhite'sminsakala峁� vij峁沵bhate || 169 ||169. There is no Ignorance (Avidya) outside the mind. The mind alone is Avidya, the cause of the bondage of transmigration. When that is destroyed, all else is destroyed, and when it is manifested, everything else is manifested.
Notes:
[According to Vedanta, there is no actual change in the Self, which is by nature pure and perfect. It is Ignorance or Avidya that has covered Its vision, so to say and It appears as limited and subject to change. Now, this ignorance is imbed.
ded in the mind. When the mind is thoroughly purified through Sadhana or discipline, the glory of the Atman manifests itself. This is said to be
liberation.
Destroyed鈥攊n the highest or Nirvikalpa Samadhi.]