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VIVEKACŪĻĀMAŅI
substratum that is Brahman. For, the 'silver' that is seen to shine on the seeming mother-of-pearl from ignorance of the mother-ofpearl, is only the mother-of-pearl. Similiarly, what is super-imposed on Brahman turns out on inquiry to be Brahman only which appears as 'this' and that too is a matter of words as taught by the 'vācārambhana' śruti (Chand).
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अतः परं ब्रह्म सदद्वितीयं विशुद्ध विज्ञानधनं निरञ्जनम् । प्रशान्तमाद्यन्तविहीनमक्रियं
निरन्तरानन्दरसस्वरूपम् ।। २३९ ।। निरस्तमायाकृतसर्वभेदं
नित्यं ध्रुवं निष्कलमप्रमेयम् । अरूपमव्यक्तमनाख्यमव्ययं
ज्योतिः स्वयं किञ्चिदिदं चकास्ति ।। २४० ॥ ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयशून्यमनन्तं निर्विकल्पकम् । केवल खण्डचिन्मानं परं तत्त्वं विदुर्बुधाः ।। २४१ ॥ अहे यमनुपादेयं मनोवाचामगोचरम् । अप्रमेयमनाद्यन्तं ब्रह्म पूर्ण महन्महः ।। २४२ ॥ ataḥ param brahma sadadvitiyam
viśuddhavijñānaghanam nirañjanam prasantamadyantavihinam akriyam nirantarānandarasasvarūpam ।। nirastamāyākṛtasarvabhedam
nityam dhruvam niskalamaprameyam | arupamavyaktamanākhyam avyayam
jyotiḥ svayam kiñcid idam cakāsti ||
jñātṛjñānajñeyaśūnyam anantam nirvikalpakam | kevalakhanḍacinmātram param tattvam vidur budhāḥ ||
aheyamanupādeyam manovācāmagocaram । aprameyamanādyantam brahma pūrṇam mahanmahaḥ 11
Therefore, the Supreme Brahman is the real; without a second; compacted of pure intelligence; free from defect; serene; without beginning and end; actionless; of the nature of unremitting bliss; free from all differences wrought by māyā; permanent ; unchanging; pure; beyond the faculty of reasoning; formless; subtle, without name; immutable; such an effulgence, Brahman, shines.
