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VIVEKACUDAMANI
Till the time when the awareness of the jiva and the jagat appears as a dream to one who has awakened from sleep, i.e., till its mithya character appears convincingly, till then, without a break, learned One! strive to effect the removal of your super-imposition.
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Having thus by these nine ślokas taught the removal of the delusion of the anatman (being mistaken for the atman), for the reason that no quarter should be given for forgetfulness which is the cause of the destruction (unawareness) of the ātman, the guru instructs about the cause of forgetfulness.
निद्राया लोकवार्तायाः शब्दादेरपि विस्मतेः । क्वचिन्नावसरं दत्त्वा चिन्तयात्मानमात्मनि ॥ २८७ ॥ nidrāyā lokavārtāyāśśabdāderapi vismrteḥ | kvacinnavasaram datvā cintayātmānamātmani ||
Without giving any quarter to foregetfulness (of the atman) arising from sleep, worldly talk and objects of (music) sound etc., meditate in your mind on the ātmān. vismṛtiḥ ātmavismaranam: forgetting of the atman.
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nidrāyāḥ lokavārtāyāḥ, śabdādeḥ Ablative case: from sleep, gossip, music, etc. Without giving any room for forgetfulness ever arising either from sleep, or worldly talk, or music, etc., meditate on the nature of the Supreme in (by) your intellect. For, it has been said: dadyānnāvasaram kiñcit kāmādīnām manāgapi: "Not even the slightest room should be given to desire etc."
Or, it may be understood in the possessive case to mean, do not give any quarter to sleep, worldly concerns, sense-objects and forgetfulness.
It has been said in Mokṣadharma: aprāśanam asamsparśam asandarśanam eva ca purusasyaiṣa niyamo manye niśśreyasam varam || "Not eating, not touching, and not seeing attentively are the rules to be observed by a man. This makes for supreme mokṣa."
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The guru says: Do not consider the gross body which is connected with all the defects of attachment, as your ātman.
मातापित्रोर्मलोद्भूतं मलमांसमयं वपुः ।
त्यक्त्वा चण्डालवद्दूरं ब्रह्मीभूय कृती भव ॥ २८८ ॥
