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...

बन्धञ्च मोक्षञ्च मृषैव मूढा
बुद्धेर्गुणं वस्तुनि कल्पयन्ति ।
दृगावृतिं मेघकृतां यथा रवौ
यतोऽद्वयासङ्गचिदेतदक्षरम् ॥ ५७१ ॥

bandhañca mokṣañca mṛṣaiva mūḍhā
buddherguṇaṃ vastuni kalpayanti |
dṛgāvṛtiṃ meghakṛtāṃ yathā ravau
yato'dvayāsaṅgacidetadakṣaram || 571 ||

571. Bondage and Liberation are attributes of the Buddhi which ignorant people falsely superimpose on the Reality, as the covering of the eyes by a cloud is transferred to the sun. For this Immutable Brahman is Knowledge Absolute, the One without a second and unattached.

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