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 346
परावरैकत्वविवेकवन्हिः
दहत्यविद्यागहनं ह्यशेषम् ।
किं स्यात्पुनः संसरणस्य बीजं
अद्वैतभावं समुपेयुषोऽस्य ॥ ३४६ ॥parāvaraikatvavivekavanhiḥ
dahatyavidyāgahanaṃ hyaśeṣam |
kiṃ syātpunaḥ saṃsaraṇasya bījaṃ
advaitabhāvaṃ samupeyuṣo'sya || 346 ||346. The knowledge of the identity of the Jiva and Brahman entirely consumes the impenetrable forest of Avidya or Nescience. For one who has realised the state of Oneness, is there any seed left for future transmigration?