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 344
विक्षेपशक्तिविजयो विषमो विधातुं
निःशेषमावरणशक्तिनिवृत्त्यभावे ।
दृग्दृश्ययोः स्फुटपयोजलवद्विभागे
नश्येत्तदावरणमात्मनि च स्वभावात्
निःसंशयेन भवति प्रतिबन्धशून्यो
विक्षेपणं नहिं तदा यदि चेन्मृषार्थे ॥ ३४४ ॥vikṣepaśaktivijayo viṣamo vidhātuṃ
niḥśeṣamāvaraṇaśaktinivṛttyabhāve |
dṛgdṛśyayoḥ sphuṭapayojalavadvibhāge
naśyettadāvaraṇamātmani ca svabhāvāt
niḥsaṃśayena bhavati pratibandhaśūnyo
vikṣepaṇaṃ nahiṃ tadā yadi cenmṛṣārthe || 344 ||344. It is extremely difficult to conquer the projecting power unless the veiling power is perfectly rooted out. And that covering over the Ātman naturally vanishes when the subject is perfectly distinguished from the objects, like milk from water. But the victory is undoubtedly (complete and) free from obstacles when there is no oscillation of the mind due to the unreal sense-objects.