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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VIVEKACŪDAMANI
sambandhaḥ: identity to be traced to super-imposition; mokṣaḥ: freedom from such sense of identity by knowledge of one's true nature.
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pramāņam: authority; proof.
In this matter of the attainment (realisation) of one's nature as satya, jñāna and ananda, the following are proofs: (a) śāstra: texts like asya mahimanam iti vitaśokah: (Munda.): "Bereft of sorrow, he attains excellence;" brahmavidāpnoti param: "The knower of Brahman attains the highest"; (b) reasoning: the example of the ornament round the neck; (c) the utterance of the guru: the understanding of the identity of Brahman with the atman as conveyed in tattvamasi (Chand): "That thou art"; and brahmaniatmatva-dārḍhyāya svādhyāsāpanayam kuru: "For the firm conviction of the identity of the atman with Brahman, bring about the extinction of your super-imposition". The ground is experience in oneself in accord with śastra, reasoning and words of the teacher.
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In the idea declared, for illustration, other things in experience are stated.
aruì siasa aftava farazituguncu: 1 स्वेनैव वेद्या यज्ज्ञानं परेषामानुमानिकम् ॥ ४७६ ॥
bandho mokṣaśca trptiśca cintārogyakṣudhādayaḥ | svenaiva vedyā yajjñānam pareṣāmānumānikam ||
Bondage, liberation, satisfaction, anxiety, health, hunger etc., are to be known by oneself only. The knowledge of these by others is inferential.
bandhaḥ: avidyā.
mokṣaḥ: the extinction of avidyā.
trptiḥ: alambuddiḥ: contentment.
arogyam: health.
kṣut: hunger.
adayaḥ: etc., includes pipāsā: thirst, disease, stomach-ache etc. svenaiva vedyaḥ: have to be known only by one's experience. yat: yasmāt: because.
pareşṣām jñānam: knowledge by others.
ānumānikam: parokṣam: indirect: seen from external factors: so, liable to delusion.