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 331
श्रुतिस्मृतिन्यायशतैर्निषिद्धे
दृश्येऽत्र यः स्वात्ममतिं करोति ।
उपैति दुःखोपरि दुःखजातं
निषिद्धकर्ता स मलिम्लुचो यथा ॥ ३३१ ॥śrutismṛtinyāyaśatairniṣiddhe
dṛśye'tra yaḥ svātmamatiṃ karoti |
upaiti duḥkhopari duḥkhajātaṃ
niṣiddhakartā sa malimluco yathā || 331 ||331. He who identifies himself with the objective universe which has been denied by hundreds of Shrutis, Smritis and reasonings, experiences misery after misery, like a thief, for he does something forbidden.
Notes:
[The thief is punished for stealing with imprisonment ete.r and the man who identifies himself with the not-Self, suffers infinite miseries.]