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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
the means in their power to be free from the bondage of repeated births and deaths.
यस्त्वयाद्य कृतः प्रश्नो वरीयाञ्छास्त्रविन्मतः ।
सूत्रप्रायो निगूढार्थो ज्ञातव्यश्च मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ ६७॥ 67. The question that you have asked to-day is excellent, approved by those versed in the Shâtras, aphoristic, pregnant with meaning and fit to be known by the seekers after Liberation. [Aphoristic-terse and pithy.]
शृणुष्वावहितो विद्वन्यन्मया समुदीर्यते। तदेतच्छ्रवणात्सद्यो भवबन्धाद्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥ ६८॥
68. Listen attentively, O learned one, to what I am going to say. By listening to it you shall be instantly free from the bondage of Samsāra. मोक्षस्य हेतुः प्रथमो निगद्यते
वैराग्यमत्यन्तमनित्यवस्तुषु। ततः शमश्चापि दमस्तितिक्षा
न्यासः प्रसक्ताखिलकर्मणां भृशम् ॥ ६६ ॥ 69. The first step to Liberation is the extreme aversion' to all perishable things, then follow calmness, self-control, forbearance, and the utter relinquishment of all work? enjoined in the scriptures.
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