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VIVEKACŪDAMANI
This association arising from ajñāna is removed by correct knowledge. The identification of the serpent with the rope etc., is annulled by the correct knowledge of the rope. There is no other method for the removal of the product of ajñāna.
mithyājñānapurassaraḥ: This may be split into either mithya ajñāna purassaraḥ or mitḥyā-jñāna purassaraḥ. In the former case it means that this connection arises due to the causal agency of ajñāna which is mithya (mithyñ ca tat ajñānam ca). Hence, the ultimate cause of this connection is the primordial ajñāna (mūlājñāna) which is mithya. In the latter case, it means that this connection has for its causal agency delusion or bhrānti jñāna which arises from wrong identification (tādātmya) between ātmā and buddhi. Such bhrāntijñāna or mithyājñāna is the cause of this connection. Both meanings are in order.
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The person tainted by bhrama (delusion) and pramada (carelessness) cannot determine what is samyag-jñāna or true knowledge. The nature of samyag-jñāna is shown in accordance with śruti which is free from any defect.
ब्रह्मात्मैकत्वविज्ञानं सम्यज्ज्ञानं श्रुतेर्मतम् ॥ २०४ ॥
braḥmātmaikatvavijñānam samyajjñānam śruter matam ||
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The opinion of śruti is that the knowledge of oneness of Brahman and ātman is samyagjñāna.
ekatvam here means non-difference. (tasya) vijñanam: anubhavaḥ: experience. The experience of this non-difference between the two, Brahman and ātman, is samyagjñāna. This is affirmed by the śruti texts: tattvamasi (Chand.): aham brahmasmi (Brh.); ayamātmā brahma (Mund), prajñānam brahma (Ait.); sa etameva puruşam brahma tatamapasyat (Ait.); sa yaścayam puruşe yaścāsāvāditye sa ekaḥ (Taitt.); esa ta ātmā antaryamyamṛtaḥ; eṣa ta ātmā sarväntaraḥ nanyo'to'sti draṣṭā nānyo'to'sti śrotā nānyo'to'sti mantānanyo'to'sti vijñātā, sa vă eșa mahānaja ātmā yo'yam vijñānamayaḥ prāņeṣu hṛdyantarjyotiḥ puruṣaḥ (Brḥ.). These texts deny the difference between jīva and Brahman.
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How this sense of non-difference will arise is explained next. तदात्मानात्मनोः सम्यग्विवेकेनैव सिद्धयति ।
ततो विवेकः कर्तव्यः प्रत्यगात्मासदात्मनोः ॥ २०५ ॥
| 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 |