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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...

श्रुतिस्मृतिन्यायशतैर्निषिद्धे
दृश्येऽत्र यः स्वात्ममति� करोत� �
उपैत� दुःखोपरि दुःखजातं
निषिद्धकर्ता � मलिम्लुच� यथ� � ३३� �

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dṛśye'tra ya� svātmamati� karoti |
upaiti duḥkhopari duḥkhajāta�
niṣiddhakartā sa malimluco yathā || 331 ||

331. He who identifies himself with the objective universe which has been denied by hundreds of Shrutis, Smritis and reasonings, experiences misery after misery, like a thief, for he does something forbidden.

 

Notes:

[The thief is punished for stealing with imprisonment ete.r and the man who identifies himself with the not-Self, suffers infinite miseries.]

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