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 526
तूष्णीमवस्था परमोपशान्तिः
बुद्धेरसत्कल्पविकल्पहेतोः ।
ब्रह्मात्मन ब्रह्मविदो महात्मनो
यत्राद्वयानन्दसुखं निरन्तरम् ॥ ५२६ ॥tūṣṇīmavasthā paramopaśāntiḥ
buddherasatkalpavikalpahetoḥ |
brahmātmana brahmavido mahātmano
yatrādvayānandasukhaṃ nirantaram || 526 ||526. To the sage who has realised Brahman, the mind, which is the cause of unreal fancies, becomes perfectly tranquil. This verily is his state of quietude, in which, identified with Brahman, he has constant enjoyment of the Bliss Absolute, the One without a second.