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 449
स्वमसङ्गमुदासीनं परिज्ञाय नभो यथा ।
न श्लिष्यति च यत्किंचित्कदाचिद्भाविकर्मभिः ॥ ४४९ ॥svamasaṅgamudāsīnaṃ parijñāya nabho yathā |
na śliṣyati ca yatkiṃcitkadācidbhāvikarmabhiḥ || 449 ||449. Realising the Ātman, which is unattached and indifferent like the sky, the aspirant is never touched in the least by actions yet to be done.