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 231
啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啷堗さ啷囙う啶� 啶掂た啶多啶掂ぎ啶苦い啷嵿く啷囙さ 啶掂ぞ啶｀
啶多啶班啶む 啶啶班啶む啶洁ぅ啶班啶掂え啶苦し啷嵿啶� 啶掂ぐ啶苦し啷嵿啶� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷囙い啶︵啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶ぞ啶む啶班 啶灌た 啶掂た啶多啶掂
啶ㄠぞ啶оた啶粪啶犩ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶︵啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠい啶距ぐ啷嬥お啶苦い啶膏啶� 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�brahmaiveda峁� vi艣vamityeva v膩峁嚹�
艣raut墨 br奴te'tharvani峁ａ弓h膩 vari峁ａ弓h膩 |
tasm膩detadbrahmam膩tra峁� hi vi艣va峁�
n膩dhi峁ａ弓h膩n膩dbhinnat膩ropitasya || 231 ||231. This universe is verily Brahman 鈥� such is the august pronouncement of the Atharva Veda. Therefore this universe is nothing but Brahman, for that which is superimposed (on something) has no separate existence from its substratum.
Notes:
[The reference is to Mundaka (II. ii. II), which is one of the Upanishads belonging to the Atharva Veda.]