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dent's own independent attempts at understanding the preliminary thoughts in the philosophy. These questions are pregnant with secret thoughts which are not in their literal word-meanings. Also, these discussions are not Sunday magazine themes written out to entertain the vulgar tastes and cheap demands of an idle holiday crowd. These rake up the innermost depths of the tranquil investigations undertaken, which are possible only for a human intellect blessed with acute reasoning capacities. These topics are of interest only to those who like to get away from these known limitations and wish to come to the essential freedom in their own pure nature as the Self.
शृणुष्वावहितो विद्वन् यन्मया समुदीर्यते । तदेतच्छवणात्सद्यो भवबन्धाद्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥ ६८॥
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srnuṣvāvahito vidvan yanmayā samudiryate tadetachrvanātsadhyo bhavabandhādvimokṣyase 68.
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श्रुणुष्व - Listen, अवहित: - being attentive, विद्वन् - O learned seeker,यत् - to what, मया by me, समुदीर्यते is enunciated, तत् - that, एतत् श्रवणात् - by hearing this, भवबन्धात् from bondages of Samsar, विमोध्यसे - you shall be liberated completely.
Listen attentively, O, learned one, to what I am now going to tell you. By listening to it, you shall gain immediately a thorough liberation from all the bondage born out of the pluralistic perception.
In this Stanza, the Acharya is giving the student the full assurance that if he were to listen properly to all the subtle and lucid words the teacher is going to tell, the student shall attain a sense of complete fulfilment in life.
"Indeed, this Vedanta is cheap! A seeker of liberation has only to discover a Teacher as great as Sri Sankara and listen carefully to his words, and immediately the student shall experience a total release from all his physical imperfections, mental debilities and intellectual weakness created by his own subjective spiritual ignorance! Indeed, Vedanta, then, is cheap! Just listen and feel liberated! Can there be
