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 471
निरस्तरागा विनिरस्तभोगाः
शान्ताः सुदान्ता यतयो महान्तः ।
विज्ञाय तत्त्वं परमेतदन्ते
प्राप्ताः परां निर्वृतिमात्मयोगात् ॥ ४७१ ॥nirastarāgā vinirastabhogāḥ
śāntāḥ sudāntā yatayo mahāntaḥ |
vijñāya tattvaṃ parametadante
prāptāḥ parāṃ nirvṛtimātmayogāt || 471 ||471. High-souled Sannyasins who have got rid of all attachment and discarded all sense- enjoyments, and who are serene and perfectly restrained, realise this Supreme Truth and at the end attain the Supreme Bliss through their Self-realisation.
Notes:
[Santiyasins—lit. those who struggle after Realisation.
Pacified—refers to control of the mind.
Restrained—to control of the senses.
End &c.—They attain Videhamukti or disembodied, absolute Freedom after the fall of their body. ]