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 189
योऽयं विज्ञानमायाः प्राणेषु हृदि स्फुरत्ययं ज्योतिः ।
कूटस्थः सन्नात्मा कर्ता भोक्ता भवत्युपाधिस्थः ॥ १८९ ॥yo'yaṃ vijñānaMāyāḥ prāṇeṣu hṛdi sphuratyayaṃ jyotiḥ |
kūṭasthaḥ sannātmā kartā bhoktā bhavatyupādhisthaḥ || 189 ||189. The self-effulgent Ātman, which is Pure Knowledge, shines in the midst of the Prāṇas, within the heart. Though immutable, It becomes the agent and experiencer owing to Its superimposition, the knowledge sheath.
Notes:
[The first part of this Sloka is a quotation from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad IV. iii. 7.
In the midst of the Pranas—great nearness is
meant. Prana means force, here the physiological and mental forces are referred to.
Within the heart—in Buddhi, the seat of which is supposed to be the heart. ]