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...

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क्षीरं क्षीरे यथा क्षिप्तं तैलं तैले जलं जले ।
संयुक्तमेकतां याति तथात्मन्यात्मविन्मुनिः ॥ ५६६ ॥

kṣīraṃ kṣīre yathā kṣiptaṃ tailaṃ taile jalaṃ jale |
saṃyuktamekatāṃ yāti tathātmanyātmavinmuniḥ || 566 ||

566. As milk poured into milk, oil into oil, and water into water, becomes united and one with it, so the sage who has realised the Ātman becomes one in the Ātman.

 

Notes:

[Compare Katha Upanishad IV. 15. Also, Mundaka III. ii. 8. ]

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