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 514
यत्प्रत्यस्ताशेषमायाविशेषं
प्रत्यग्रूपं प्रत्ययागम्यमानम् ।
सत्यज्ञानानन्तमानन्दरूपं
ब्रह्माद्वैतं यत्तदेवाहमस्मि ॥ ५१४ ॥yatpratyastāśeṣamāyāviśeṣaṃ
pratyagrūpaṃ pratyayāgamyamānam |
satyajñānānantamānandarūpaṃ
brahmādvaitaṃ yattadevāhamasmi || 514 ||514. I am verily that Brahman, the One without a second, which transcends the endless differentiations of Māyā, which is the inmost essence of all, is beyond the range of consciousness, and which is Truth, Knowledge, Infinity and Bliss Absolute.
Notes:
[Maya—Same as Prakrit or Avyakta.
Truth—may be translated as Existence. This line sets forth the Swarupa Lakshana or essentia! characteristics of Brahman, as distinct from Its Tatastha Lakshana or indirect attributes, such as creatorship of the universe and so on.]