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...

चिदात्मनि सदानन्दे देहारूढामहंधियम् ।
निवेश्य लिङ्गमुत्सृज्य केवलो भव सर्वदा ॥ २९0 ॥

cidātmani sadānande dehārūḍhāmahaṃdhiyam |
niveśya liṅgamutsṛjya kevalo bhava sarvadā || 290 ||

290. Transferring the identification now rooted in the body to the Ātman, the Existence- Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, and discarding the subtle body, be thou ever alone, independent.

 

Notes:

[Discarding—ceasing to identify oneself with.]

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