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 290
चिदात्मनि सदानन्दे देहारूढामहंधियम् ।
निवेश्य लिङ्गमुत्सृज्य केवलो भव सर्वदा ॥ २९0 ॥cidātmani sadānande dehārūḍhāmahaṃdhiyam |
niveśya liṅgamutsṛjya kevalo bhava sarvadā || 290 ||290. Transferring the identification now rooted in the body to the Ātman, the Existence- Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, and discarding the subtle body, be thou ever alone, independent.
Notes:
[Discarding—ceasing to identify oneself with.]