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 484
किं हेयं किमुपादेयं किमन्यत्किं विलक्षणम् ।
अखण्डानन्दपीयूषपूर्णे ब्रह्ममहार्णवे ॥ ४८४ ॥kiṃ heyaṃ kimupādeyaṃ kimanyatkiṃ vilakṣaṇam |
akhaṇḍānandapīyūṣapūrṇe brahmamahārṇave || 484 ||484. In the ocean of Brahman filled with the nectar of Absolute Bliss, what is to be shunned and what accepted, what is other (than oneself) and what different?
Notes:
[What shunned &c.—There is nothing besides the One Atman, and the aspirant is identified with That.]