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 404
न ह्यस्ति विश्वं परतत्त्वबोधात्
सदात्मनि ब्रह्मणि निर्विकल्पे ।
कालत्रये नाप्यहिरीक्षितो गुणे
न ह्यम्बुबिन्दुर्मृगतृष्णिकायाम् ॥ ४0४ ॥na hyasti viśvaṃ paratattvabodhāt
sadātmani brahmaṇi nirvikalpe |
kālatraye nāpyahirīkṣito guṇe
na hyambubindurmṛgatṛṣṇikāyām || 404 ||404. Even before the realisation of the highest Truth, the universe does not exist in the Absolute Brahman, the Essence of Existence. In none of the three states of time is the snake ever observed in the rope, nor a drop of water in the mirage.
Notes:
[Three states of time—past, present and future.]