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 232
सत्यं यदि स्याज्जगदेतदात्मनो
ऽनन्तत्त्वहानिर्निगमाप्रमाणता ।
असत्यवादित्वमपीशितुः स्यान्
नैतत्त्रयं साधु हितं महात्मनाम् ॥ २३२ ॥satyaṃ yadi syājjagadetadātmano
'nantattvahānirnigamāpramāṇatā |
asatyavāditvamapīśituḥ syān
naitattrayaṃ sādhu hitaṃ mahātmanām || 232 ||232. If the universe, as it is, be real, there would be no cessation of the dualistic element, the scriptures would be falsified, and the Lord Himself would be guilty of an untruth. None of these three is considered either desirable or wholesome by the noble- minded.
Notes:
[No cessation.......element—The world as it is would become real, and as such could never be destroyed. Hence the duality with all its ugly features would persist.
Scriptures......falsified—According to staunch Advaitins the numerous Advaitic texts of the Srutis, inculcating the highest philosophic thought, are alone considered as bearing out the true import of
the Srutis, to which the rest of the Vedas must be subordinated.
The Lord etc.— being the Revealer of the truths of the Srutis. Or the allusion may be to Sri Krishna’s words in the Gita quoted in the next verse. ]