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 501
उपाधिरायाति स एव गच्छति
स एव कर्माणि करोति भुङ्क्ते ।
स एव जीर्यन्म्रियते सदाहं
कुलाद्रिवन्निश्चल एव संस्थितः ॥ ५0१ ॥upādhirāyāti sa eva gacchati
sa eva karmāṇi karoti bhuṅkte |
sa eva jīryanmriyate sadāhaṃ
kulādrivanniścala eva saṃsthitaḥ || 501 ||501. It is the Upādhi (superimposed attribute) that comes, and it is that alone which goes; that, again, performs actions and experiences (their fruits), that alone decays and dies, whereas I ever remain firm like the Kula mountain.
Notes:
[Kula mountain—mentioned in the Puranas as being wonderfully stable.]