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 315-316
ताभ्यां प्रवर्धमाना सा सूते संसृतिमात्मनः ।
त्रयाणां च क्षयोपायः सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा ॥ ३१५ ॥सर्वत्र सर्वतः सर्वब्रह्ममात्रावलोकनैः ।
सद्भाववासनादार्ढ्यात्तत्त्रयं लयमश्नुते ॥ ३१६ ॥tābhyāṃ pravardhamānā sā sūte saṃsṛtimātmanaḥ |
trayāṇāṃ ca kṣayopāyaḥ sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā || 315 ||sarvatra sarvataḥ sarvabrahmamātrāvalokanaiḥ |
sadbhāvavāsanādārḍhyāttattrayaṃ layamaśnute || 316 ||315-316. Augmented by these two, desires produce one’s transmigration. The way to destroy these three, however, lies in looking upon everything, under all circumstances, always, everywhere and in all respects, as Brahman and Brahman alone. Through the strengthening of the longing to be one with Brahman, those three are annihilated.
Notes:
[These three—selfish work, dwelling on sense-objects and sense-hankering for them. The next Sloka gives the steps to realisation. ]