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 579
हितमिदमुपदेशमाद्रियन्तां
विहितनिरस्तसमस्तचित्तदोषाः ।
भवसुखविरताः प्रशान्तचित्ताः
श्रुतिरसिका यतयो मुमुक्षवो ये ॥ ५७९ ॥hitamidamupadeśamādriyantāṃ
vihitanirastasamastacittadoṣāḥ |
bhavasukhaviratāḥ praśāntacittāḥ
śrutirasikā yatayo mumukṣavo ye || 579 ||579. May those Sannyasins who are seekers after Liberation, who have purged themselves of all taints of the mind by the observance of the prescribed methods, who are averse to worldly pleasures, and who are of serene minds, and take a delight in the Śruti – appreciate this salutary teaching!
Notes:
[Sannyasins—The word ‘Yati’ may simply mean ‘one who is struggling for Realisation.’ So also in Slokas 556 and 567.
Prescribed methods—Secondary or indirect (such as, sacrifices etc.) and primary or direct (such as control of the senses and mind etc.). ]