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 557
सदात्मनि ब्रह्मणि तिष्ठतो मुनेः
पूर्णाद्वयानन्दमयात्मना सदा ।
न देशकालाद्युचितप्रतीक्षा
त्वङ्मांसविट्पिण्डविसर्जनाय ॥ ५५७ ॥sadātmani brahmaṇi tiṣṭhato muneḥ
pūrṇādvayānandamayātmanā sadā |
na deśakālādyucitapratīkṣā
tvaṅmāṃsaviṭpiṇḍavisarjanāya || 557 ||557. The sage who always lives in the Reality – Brahman – as Infinite Bliss, the One without a second, does not depend upon the customary considerations of place, time, etc., for giving up this mass of skin, flesh and filth.
Notes:
[He may give up the body any time he pleases, for it has served its purpose. ]