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
miśrasya sattvasya bhavanti dharmās
tvamānitādyā niyama yamādyāḥ śraddhā ca bhaktiśca mumukṣutā ca
daivī ca sampattirasannivșttiḥ 11
The features of mixed sattva are the complete absence of pride, etc., the presence of yama* and niyama etc., of faith, devotion, longing for liberation, of divine tendencies, and withdrawal from whatever is not real.
miśrasya: means, of sattva which is completely free from tamas but has a tinge of rajas. If they overpower, the qualities that are to be spoken of about sattva will not arise.
tu in dharmāstu' is intended to distinguish (sattva) from the other two qualities and of its being unaffected by them.
In the Gitā the qualities beginning with 'amānitā' etc., are listed as follows:
amānitvam adambhitvam ahimsā kşāntirārjavam ācāryopāsanam saucam sthairymātmavinigrahaḥ|| indriyārtheșu vairāgyam anahaṁkāra eva cal janmamytyujarāvyādhiduḥkhadoşānudarśanam|| asaktīranabhisvangaḥ putradāragrhädişul nityam ca samacittatvam iştāniştopapattişu|| mayi cānanyayogena bhaktiravyabhicärini| viviktadeśasevitvam aratirjanasamsadi|| adhyātmajñānanityatvam tattvajñānārthadarśanam
"Humility, modesty, non-injury, patience, uprightness, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, self-control, absence of attachment for objects of the senses and absence of egoism, perception of evil in birth, death and old age, in sickness and pain, unattachment, absence of affection for son, wife, home and the like, constant equanimity on the attainment of what is desirable or undesirable, unflinching devotion to Me in yoga of non-separation, resort to solitary places, distaste for the society of men, constancy in knowledge of the ātman and perception of the meaning of the ultimate Truth."
His Holiness proceeds to explain these virtues extolled in the Gītā:
amānitvam (humility): Mānitvam is the sense of self-glorification by one's existing or non-existing qualities. a-mānitvam is being devoid of this.
* Yama is self-restraint; niyama is practice of prescribed acts.