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 507
कर्तापि वा कारयितापि नाहं
भोक्तापि वा भोजयितापि नाहम् ।
द्रष्टापि वा दर्शयितापि नाहं
सोऽहं स्वयंज्योतिरनीदृगात्मा ॥ ५0७ ॥kartāpi vā kārayitāpi nāhaṃ
bhoktāpi vā bhojayitāpi nāham |
draṣṭāpi vā darśayitāpi nāhaṃ
so'haṃ svayaṃjyotiranīdṛgātmā || 507 ||507. I neither do nor make others do any action; I neither enjoy nor make others enjoy; I neither see nor make others see; I am that Self-effulgent, Transcendent Ātman.
Notes:
[I am neither &c.—I am free from all activity, direct or indirect.
Transcendent—beyond the range of sense. ]