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VIVEKACŪDAMANI
131 śuddhädvayabrahmavibodhanāśyā: destructible by the realisation of the pure non-dual Brahman.
suddha: nirguna, qualityless.
advaya: non-dual, devoid of difference of like kind, different kind and of internal differences.
vibodhah: realisation in its (Brahman's) non-dual nature.
(tena) nāśya: the counter entity of its destruction arising from it: tajjanya dhvamsa pratiyogini.
This is explained by an example. sarpabhramaḥ: the illusion of 'this is a serpent produced in a rope, i.e. mistaking a rope for a serpent.
In the same way as this illusion 'this is a serpent' vanishes on the knowledge of the basis (adhisthāna) of the serpent, namely the rope, i.e., by the realisation, this is only a rope and not a serpent, so too the māyā imagined in the nirguņa non-dual Brahman vanishes on the realisation of the truth of its adhisthāna, substratum namely Brahman.
It was said earlier that māyā is to be inferred by the wise from its effects. This is explained here by referring to its nature, qualities and actions. The qualities associated with māyā are known to be rajas, tamas and sattva. They are invisible; so they are to be known by the effects of those qualities. Hence the expression · prathitaiḥ svakāryaiḥ, i.e., by their well-known actions to be detailed below.
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Giving in order the effects of rajas, tamas and sattva guņas, first the effects of rajoguņa are stated. विक्षेपशक्ती रजसः क्रियात्मिका
यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसता पुराणी। रागादयोऽस्याः प्रभवन्ति नित्यं
दुःखादयो ये मनसो विकाराः॥११३ ॥ vikṣepaśaktī rajasaḥ kriyātmikā
yataḥ pravsttiḥ prasștā purāņi 11 rāgādayo'syāḥ prabhavanti nityam
duḥkhādayo ye manaso vikārāḥ 11
| SR No. | 007022 |
| Book Title | Vivek Chudamani |
| 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 |