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 329
संकल्पं वर्जयेत्तस्मात्सर्वानर्थस्य कारणम् ।
जीवतो यस्य कैवल्यं विदेहे स च केवलः
यत्किंचित्पश्यतो भेदं भयं ब्रूते यजुःश्रुतिः ॥ ३२९ ॥saṃkalpaṃ varjayettasmātsarvānarthasya kāraṇam |
jīvato yasya kaivalyaṃ videhe sa ca kevalaḥ
yatkiṃcitpaśyato bhedaṃ bhayaṃ brūte yajuḥśrutiḥ || 329 ||329. Therefore one should give up reflecting on the sense-objects, which is the root of all mischief. He who is completely aloof even while living, is alone aloof after the dissolution of the body. The Yajur-Veda declares that there is fear for one who sees the least bit of distinction.