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 408
किमपि सततबोधं केवलानन्दरूपं
निरुपममतिवेलं नित्यमुक्तं निरीहम् ।
निरवधिगगनाभं निष्कलं निर्विकल्पं
हृदि कलयति विद्वान् ब्रह्म पूर्णं समाधौ ॥ ४0८ ॥kimapi satatabodhaṃ kevalānandarūpaṃ
nirupamamativelaṃ nityamuktaṃ nirīham |
niravadhigaganābhaṃ niṣkalaṃ nirvikalpaṃ
hṛdi kalayati vidvān brahma pūrṇaṃ samādhau || 408 ||408. The wise man realises in his heart, through Samadhi, the Infinite Brahman, which is something of the nature of eternal Knowledge and absolute Bliss, which has no exemplar, which transcends all limitations, is ever free and without activity, and which is like the limitless sky, indivisible and absolute.
Notes:
[Heart—stands for the Buddhi.
Something—which is inexpressible in terms of speech or thought. ]