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 411
समाहितान्तःकरणः स्वरूपे
विलोकयात्मानमखण्डवैभवम् ।
विच्छिन्द्धि बन्धं भवगन्धगन्धितं
यत्नेन पुंस्त्वं सफलीकुरुष्व ॥ ४११.samāhitāntaḥkaraṇaḥ svarūpe
vilokayātmānamakhaṇḍavaibhavam |
vicchinddhi bandhaṃ bhavagandhagandhitaṃ
yatnena puṃstvaṃ saphalīkuruṣva || 411.411. With the mind restrained in Samadhi, behold in thy self the Ātman, of infinite glory, cut off thy bondage strengthened by the impressions of previous births, and carefully attain the consummation of thy birth as a human being.
Notes:
[Consummation &c.—i. e. Moksha, which is only possible in a human birth.]