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 381
एतमच्छीन्नया वृत्त्या प्रत्ययान्तरशून्यया ।
उल्लेखयन्विजानीयात्स्वस्वरूपतया स्फुटम् ॥ ३८१ ॥etamacchīnnayā vṛttyā pratyayāntaraśūnyayā |
ullekhayanvijānīyātsvasvarūpatayā sphuṭam || 381 ||381. Reflecting on this Ātman continuously and without any foreign thought intervening, one must distinctly realise It to be one’s real Self.