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 523
असत्पदार्थानुभवेन किंचिन्
न ह्यस्ति तृप्तिर्न च दुःखहानिः ।
तदद्वयानन्दरसानुभूत्या
तृप्तः सुखं तिष्ठ सदात्मनिष्ठया ॥ ५२३ ॥asatpadārthānubhavena kiṃcin
na hyasti tṛptirna ca duḥkhahāniḥ |
tadadvayānandarasānubhūtyā
tṛptaḥ sukhaṃ tiṣṭha sadātmaniṣṭhayā || 523 ||523. From the perception of unreal things there is neither satisfaction nor a cessation of misery. Therefore, being satisfied with the realisation of the Bliss Absolute, the One without a second, live happily in a state of identity with that Reality.
Notes:
[Neither satisfaction &c.—Compare the celebrated verse—“Never is desire appeased by the enjoyment of sense-pleasures,” &c. ]