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
svājñānato'nādiņ: Though the ātman is one, yet, among jñānis we make differences as brahmavit, brahmavidvaraḥ, brahmavidvariyān and brahmavidvarișthaḥ, signifying different grades of brahmajñāna. That is due to differences in the character of the antahkaraņa. So long as there are differences in the effects, the cause of such differences is to be traced to the upādhi. That shows beyond doubt that the lingaśarira is only an upādhi of the ātman. Hence the use of the word 'sva-ajñānataḥ'. As the true self has not been realised, the cause of such non-realisation is the superimposed upādhi.
100 The special state of this subtle body is explained. स्वप्नो भवत्यस्य विभक्त्यवस्था, स्वमात्रशेषेण विभाति यत्र । स्वप्ने तु बुद्धिः स्वयमेव जाग्रत्कालीन-नानाविधवासनाभिः॥
कादिभावं प्रतिपद्य राजते, यत्र स्वयंज्योतिरयं परात्मा ॥१०॥ svapno bhavatyasya vibhaktyavasthā
svamātražeşena vibhāti yatra svapne tu buddhiḥ svayameva jāgrat
kālīna nānāvidha vāsanābhiḥ 1 kartņādibhāvam pratipadya rājate
yatra svayamjyotirayam parātmā 11
Dream is a state different from this (waking state) where the buddhi shines by itself by taking the role of the agent etc., by the various vāsanās derived from the waking state. In it this supreme ātman is self-resplendent..
The dream state is one which is a distinct state of sūksma-sarīra (which distinguishes it from the sthūla-sarira). The waking state is a characteristic of the gross body and it merges and is inactive in dreamless sleep. So, it is only in the dream state that the sūkşmaśarīra is prominent. The reason for this is given in the words 'svamātraśesena' etc. It is the only thing which remains in the dream state.
svamātram: By itself only. It alone remains. In the dream state, there is no attachment to (awareness of) the sthūla-śarīra. Therefore, the quality of awareness refers only to the sūksma śarīra.
yatra: in the dream; where the ātman in the dream abandoning attachment to the gross, by its lone residual nature shines by its attachment to the sūksma-śarira alone.