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VIVEKACŪĻĀMANI
avṛteḥ sadasattvābhyām vaktavye bandhamokṣaṇe nāvṛtir brahmaṇaḥ kacid anyābhāvādanāvṛtam yadyastyadvaitahāniḥ syād dvaitam no sahate śrutiḥ 11
When there is presence or absence of concealment bondage and liberation may be spoken of. But there can be no concealment of Brahman; for, there is no second thing to conceal it. If there is such a thing, advaita will be disrupted, and duality is not supported by śruti.
572
बन्धश्च मोक्षश्च मृषैव मुढा : बुद्धेर्गुणं वस्तुनि कल्पयन्ति । दुगावृतिं मेघकृतां यथा रवौ
यतोऽद्वयासङ्गचिदेकमक्षरम् ।। ५७२ ।। bandhaśca mokṣaśca mṛṣaiva mūḍhāḥ
buddher gunam vastuni kalpayanti drgāvṛtim meghakṛtām yathā ravau yato'dvayāsargacidekamaksaram
Bondage and liberation are both false. Fools imagine the qualities of buddhi on the atman, as covering of the sight caused by the cloud is attributed to the sun (saying 'sun is covered by cloud'). But the cit is non-dual, unattached intelligence, one only and indestructible.
573
अस्तीति प्रत्ययो यश्च यश्च नास्तीति वस्तुनि । बुद्धेरेव गुणावेतौ न तु नित्यस्य वस्तुनः ॥ ५७३ ॥
astīti pratyayo yaśca yaśca nāstīti vastuni | buddhereva guṇāvetau na tu nityasya vastunaḥ ||
The expressions 'is' and 'is not ' ( that bondage exists and that it has been removed) are only qualities of buddhi; they do not pertain to the eternal Sat, i.e., Brahman.
574
अतस्तौ मायया क्लृप्तौ बन्धमोक्षौ न चात्मनि । निष्कले निष्क्रिये शान्ते निरवद्ये निरञ्जने ॥
अद्वितीये परे तत्त्वे व्योमवत् कल्पना कुतः ॥ ५७४ ॥
atastau māyaya klptau bandhamokşau na cātmani |
