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VIVEKACŪDAMANI
yāvānartha udapāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvān vedeṣu sarveşu brāhmaṇasya vijänataḥ 1150
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"Whatever use there is in a limited store of water (like a pond, well or tank etc.), all that is included in whatever benefit we get in all-pervading expanse of water. So too, whatever use there is in all the Vedas is included in the benefit obtained by one who has realised Brahman." (B.G.) That is, all the benefit that accrues in practice of the karmakāṇḍa portion of the Vedas is included in the benefit accruing from Brahmajñāna.
The same meaning is conveyed in these texts and in the śrutis: śrotriyasya ca akamahatasya: "of one learned in the śrutis and who is not the victim of kama"; and so'śnute sarvan kamān (Taitt.): "He enjoys everything". The fruit of vairagya and bodha affirmed by these texts and verified in personal experience are extolled:
âzırana qi geru Geci qrunfa aruncHET:
तच्चेच्छुद्ध तरात्मबोधसहितं स्वाराज्यसाम्राज्यधुक् । एतद्द्वारमजस्रमुक्तियुवतेः यस्मात्त्वमस्मात्परं
adarcyzan azrafa azı aai ge sìuà 11 300 11 vairāgyanna param sukhasya janakam paśyāmi vaśyātmanaḥ taccecchuddhataratmabodhasahitam svārājyasamrajyadhuk |
etad dvāramajasramuktiyuvateḥ yasmāt tvamasmāt param sarvatraspṛhayā sadātmani sadā prajñām kuru śreyase ||
For a person of self-control, I do not see anything else which can generate bliss like vairagya. Given that along with the realisation of the highly pure ātman, it is productive of soverignty and overlordship. This is the gateway to the everlasting excellent condition of eternal bliss. Therefore, beyond this without desire for everything everywhere, cultivate nirvikalpa-samādhi in the Real that is Brahman for your spiritual benefit.
vasyātmanaḥ: he whose nature is made up of causal and the effectuated elements under control. Even if by bodily postures (āsana) and breathing exercises (prāņāyāma) etc., the body and its organs are controlled, there is no happiness without vairagya. Even
50 This sloka is to be understood as under.
udapâne yāvān arthaḥ tāvān sarvataḥ samplutodake (yṛvặn tavan eva)-sarveṣu vedeṣu yāvān arthaḥ tävän vijanataḥ brahmanasya (yavan tavan eva).
