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 180
अतः प्राहुर्मनोऽविद्यां पण्डितास्तत्त्वदर्शिनः ।
येनैव भ्राम्यते विश्वं वायुनेवाभ्रमण्डलम् ॥ १८0 ॥ataḥ prāhurmano'vidyāṃ paṇḍitāstattvadarśinaḥ |
yenaiva bhrāmyate viśvaṃ vāyunevābhramaṇḍalam || 180 ||180. Hence sages who have fathomed its secret have designated the mind as Avidya or ignorance, by which alone the universe is moved to and fro, like masses of clouds by the wind.