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 436
देहेन्द्रियादौ कर्तव्ये ममाहंभाववर्जितः ।
अउदासीन्येन यस्तिष्ठेत्स जीवन्मुक्तलक्षणः ॥ ४३६ ॥dehendriyādau kartavye mamāhaṃbhāvavarjitaḥ |
audāsīnyena yastiṣṭhetsa jīvanmuktalakṣaṇaḥ || 436 ||436. He who lives unconcerned, devoid of all ideas of "I" and "mine" with regard to the body, organs, etc., as well as to his duties, is known as a man liberated-in-life.
Notes:
[The Jnani is free from egoism or Abhimána, though he may be intensely active. This state is hinted at in this Sloka.]