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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
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बीजं संसृतिभूमिजस्य तु तमो देहात्मधीरङ्करो रागः पल्लवमम्बु कर्म तु बपुः स्कन्धोऽसवः शाखिकाः । अप्राणीन्द्रियसंहतिश्च विषयाः पुष्पाणि दुःखं फलं नानाकर्मसमुद्भवं बहुविधं भोक्तात्र जीवः खगः ॥ १४५॥
145. Of the tree of Samsara ignorance is the seed, the identification with the body is its sprout, attachment its tender leaves, work its water, the body its trunk, the vital forces its branches, the organs its twigs, the sense-objects its flowers, various miseries due to diverse works are its fruits, and the individual soull is the bird on it. WWW.Apnihindi.com
[ In this stanza Samsåra or relative existence is likened to a tree, and the simile is brought out in complete detail. The appropriateness of the comparisons will be patent on reflection. It is this kind of composition which shows Sankara not only to be a great philosopher but a true poet also. And such Slokas, as the reader will find it for himself, abound in this masterpiece of Vedântic literature.
1Soul &c.- Compare the beautiful Slokas of the Mundaka Upanishad (III. i. 1-2 )-"द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया" &c. With the ripening of knowledge the two birds coalesce into one, the Self alone remains, and life is known to be a dream.]
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