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 234
यदि सत्यं भवेद्विश्वं सुषुप्तामुपलभ्यताम् ।
यन्नोपलभ्यते किंचिदतोऽसत्स्वप्नवन्मृषा ॥ २३४ ॥yadi satyaṃ bhavedviśvaṃ suṣuptāmupalabhyatām |
yannopalabhyate kiṃcidato'satsvapnavanmṛṣā || 234 ||234. If the universe be true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false, like dreams.