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 522
कस्तां परानन्दरसानुभूति
मृत्सृज्य शून्येषु रमेत विद्वान् ।
चन्द्रे महाल्हादिनि दीप्यमाने
चित्रेन्दुमालोकयितुं क इच्छेत् ॥ ५२२ ॥kastāṃ parānandarasānubhūti
mṛtsṛjya śūnyeṣu rameta vidvān |
candre mahālhādini dīpyamāne
citrendumālokayituṃ ka icchet || 522 ||522. What wise man would discard that enjoyment of Supreme Bliss and revel in things unsubstantial? When the exceedingly charming moon is shining, who would wish to look at a painted moon?