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 266
बुद्धौ गुहायां सदसद्विलक्षणं
ब्रह्मास्ति सत्यं परमद्वितीयम् ।
तदात्मना योऽत्र वसेद्गुहायां
पुनर्न तस्याङ्गगुहाप्रवेशः ॥ २६६ ॥buddhau guhāyāṃ sadasadvilakṣaṇaṃ
brahmāsti satyaṃ paramadvitīyam |
tadātmanā yo'tra vasedguhāyāṃ
punarna tasyāṅgaguhāpraveśaḥ || 266 ||266. In the cave of the Buddhi there is the Brahman, distinct from the gross and subtle, the Existence Absolute, Supreme, the One without a second. For one who lives in this cave as Brahman, O beloved, there is no more entrance into the mother’s womb.
Notes:
[Cave—The Buddhi is often spoken of thus.
He who lives etc.—He who always thinks of himself as Brahman has no more rebirth. ]