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 535
एष स्वयंज्योतिरनन्तशक्तिः
आत्माप्रमेयः सकलानुभूतिः ।
यमेव विज्ञाय विमुक्तबन्धो
जयत्ययं ब्रह्मविदुत्तमोत्तमः ॥ ५३५ ॥eṣa svayaṃjyotiranantaśaktiḥ
ātmāprameyaḥ sakalānubhūtiḥ |
yameva vijñāya vimuktabandho
jayatyayaṃ brahmaviduttamottamaḥ || 535 ||535. Here is the Self-effulgent Ātman, of infinite power, beyond the range of conditioned knowledge, yet the common experience of all - realising which alone this incomparable knower of Brahman lives his glorious life, freed from bondage.
Notes:
[Incomparable—lit. best among the best.]