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 519
नमस्तस्मै सदैकस्मै कस्मैचिन्महसे नमः ।
यदेतद्विश्वरूपेण राजते गुरुराज ते ॥ ५१९ ॥namastasmai sadaikasmai kasmaicinmahase namaḥ |
yadetadviśvarūpeṇa rājate gururāja te || 519 ||519. Salutations to thee, O Prince of Teachers, thou unnamable Greatness, that art ever the same and dost manifest thyself as this universe – thee I salute.
Notes:
[Greatness &c.—The Guru is addressed as Brahman Itself by the grateful disciple. Hence the use of epithets applicable to Brahman. Compare the salutation Mantram of the Guru-Gita: “The Guru is Brahmá, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is Shiva, the God of Gods. The Guru verily is the Supreme Brahman. Salutations to that adorable Guru!”]