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 306
सदैकरूपस्य चिदात्मनो विभोर्
आनन्दमूर्तेरनवद्यकीर्तेः ।
नैवान्यथा क्वाप्यविकारिणस्ते
विनाहमध्यासममुष्य संसृतिः ॥ ३0६ ॥sadaikarūpasya cidātmano vibhor
ānandamūrteranavadyakīrteḥ |
naivānyathā kvāpyavikāriṇaste
vināhamadhyāsamamuṣya saṃsṛtiḥ || 306 ||306. But for thy identification with that egoism there can never be any transmigration for thee who art immutable and eternally the same, the Knowledge Absolute, omnipresent, the Bliss Absolute, and of untarnished glory.
Notes:
[Untarnished glory—compare Swetaswatara Vi. 19.]