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 529
न देशकालासनदिग्यमादि
लक्ष्याद्यपेक्षाप्रतिबद्धवृत्तेः ।
संसिद्धतत्त्वस्य महात्मनोऽस्ति
स्ववेदने का नियमाद्यवस्था ॥ ५२९ ॥na deśakālāsanadigyamādi
lakṣyādyapekṣāpratibaddhavṛtteḥ |
saṃsiddhatattvasya mahātmano'sti
svavedane kā niyamādyavasthā || 529 ||529. The noble soul who has perfectly realised the Truth, and whose mind-functions meet with no obstruction, no more depends upon conditions of place, time, posture, direction, moral disciplines, objects of meditation and so forth. What regulative conditions can there be in knowing one’s own Self?
Notes:
[Place—holy places are meant. Similarly with time.
Posture: Which is an important thing with beginners. ‘Asana’ may also mean ‘seats.’
Direction—facing north or east.
Moral disciplines—The Yama and Niyama observances mentioned in Ashtanga Yoga.
Objects of meditation—gross or fine.]