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 264
उक्तमर्थमिममात्मनि स्वयं
भावयेत्प्रथितयुक्तिभिर्धिया ।
संशयादिरहितं कराम्बुवत्
तेन तत्त्वनिगमो भविष्यति ॥ २६४ ॥uktamarthamimamātmani svayaṃ
bhāvayetprathitayuktibhirdhiyā |
saṃśayādirahitaṃ karāmbuvat
tena tattvanigamo bhaviṣyati || 264 ||264. On the Truth, inculcated above, one must oneself meditate in one’s mind, through the intellect, by means of the recognised arguments. By that means one will realise the truth free from doubt etc., like water in the palm of one’s hand.
Notes:
[Inculcated above—in the ten preceding Slokas.
Recognised arguments—that are in harmony with the Vedas.]