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 265
संबोधमात्रं परिशुद्धतत्त्वं
विज्ञाय सङ्घे नृपवच्च सैन्ये ।
तदाश्रयः स्वात्मनि सर्वदा स्थितो
विलापय ब्रह्मणि विश्वजातम् ॥ २६५ ॥saṃbodhamātraṃ pariśuddhatattvaṃ
vijñāya saṅghe nṛpavacca sainye |
tadāśrayaḥ svātmani sarvadā sthito
vilāpaya brahmaṇi viśvajātam || 265 ||265. Realising in this body the Knowledge Absolute free from Nescience and its effects – like the king in an army – and being ever established in thy own Self by resting on that Knowledge, merge the universe in Brahman.