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 218
घटोदके बिम्बितमर्कबिम्बम्
आलोक्य मूढो रविमेव मन्यते ।
तथा चिदाभासमुपाधिसंस्थं
भ्रान्त्याहमित्येव जडोऽभिमन्यते ॥ २१८ ॥ghaṭodake bimbitamarkabimbam
ālokya mūḍho ravimeva manyate |
tathā cidābhāsamupādhisaṃsthaṃ
bhrāntyāhamityeva jaḍo'bhimanyate || 218 ||218. Seeing the reflection of the sun mirrored in the water of a jar, the fool thinks it is the sun itself. Similarly the stupid man, through delusion, identifies himself with the reflection of the Chit caught in the Buddhi, which is Its superimposition.
Notes:
[Chit—the Atman which is Knowledge Absolute ]