Vivek Chudamani

SR No.: 007022
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chandrashekhar Bharti Swami, P Sankaranarayan
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidyabhavan
Publication Year: 1988
Total Pages: 552
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 14 MB

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VIVEKACŪDAMAŅI
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śāntā mahānto nivasanti santo vasantavallokahitam carantaḥ tirnāssvayam bhimabhavārnavam janān ahetunanymānapi
tārayantaḥ 11 ayam svabhāvassvata eva yatparaśramāpanodapravaņam
mahātmanām sudhāmśureșa svayamarkakarkasaprabhābhitaptām
avati kşitim kila 11
There exist great and good persons who, like the spring season, are ever given to doing good to the world. Having themselves crossed the ocean of samsāra, they help others to do so for no reason of their own.
The assuaging of the ills of others is natural to the great. Does not the moon cool the surface of the earth scorched by the rays of the sun?
vasantavat lokahitaṁ carantaḥ: given to doing good to people like the spring season. Among the six seasons of the year, in the varsartu men are afflicted by heavy rain. In the grīşmartu there is severe heat. The beginning of the saradřtu is pleasant, but not the entire two months; for, towards the end of the kārtika month, it is said that Death stalks the land. The hemanta and sisirartus are very cold. But the vasantartu which is marked by an abundance of fragrant flowers fills the entire world with joy. During this season, there is no trouble by 'rain, heat, cold or disease. As this ftu gives joy alone; so too do the śāntapuruṣas, those of unagitated mind, give peace and happiness to all people.
śāntāh : nirvikāra-manaskah : those whose minds are not subject to the sway of kāma etc. That is why they are said to be great : mahāntah.
santah: According to the śruti: brahmavit brahmaiva bhavati (Praśna): "The knower of Brahman becomes Brahman', they live in continuous consciousness of the infinite Brahman. Hence they live with an experience of non-difference from Brahman. That is why they are said to be santaḥ: those who have realised the sadvastu.
bhimabhavārnavam: The ocean of saṁsāra is frightful. tīrņāḥ: Those who have crossed the ocean of samsāra, i.e., those unaffected by saṁsāra, asaṁsāriņaḥ.
ahetunā : Such people have no desires for themselves; they have nc wants. Hence, whatever they do is not for any persona!