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 231
ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वमित्येव वाणी
श्रौती ब्रूतेऽथर्वनिष्ठा वरिष्ठा ।
तस्मादेतद्ब्रह्ममात्रं हि विश्वं
नाधिष्ठानाद्भिन्नतारोपितस्य ॥ २३१ ॥brahmaivedaṃ viśvamityeva vāṇī
śrautī brūte'tharvaniṣṭhā variṣṭhā |
tasmādetadbrahmamātraṃ hi viśvaṃ
nādhiṣṭhānādbhinnatāropitasya || 231 ||231. This universe is verily Brahman – such is the august pronouncement of the Atharva Veda. Therefore this universe is nothing but Brahman, for that which is superimposed (on something) has no separate existence from its substratum.
Notes:
[The reference is to Mundaka (II. ii. II), which is one of the Upanishads belonging to the Atharva Veda.]