Vivek Chudamani

Author(s): Chandrashekhar Bharti Swami, P Sankaranarayan
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidyabhavan

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VIVEKACUDAMANI
close proximity to the Supreme), sälokya (being in the same world), sārūpya (being of the same form ), and sāyujya (unitive experience) are not of the nature of liberation in its proper and true sense. As they all pertain to the saguna Brahman, these four are to be considered as mithya or non-real. The ultimate Brahman is free from the limitations of place, time and objects and such freedom from limitation cannot be predicated of the saguna Brahman.
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Brahmātmanā samsthitiḥ means being free from connection with all imagined limitations and remaining in one's true state of fullness as ever pure, intelligent, free and non-different from one's inner self. This is called kaivalyam. This is 'being alone', free from every taint or upadhi. This is liberation. This cannot be secured except by merit (punya) acquired by good deeds done in hundreds of crores of lives.
3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतत् दैवानुग्रहहेतुकम् । मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥ ३ ॥ लब्ध्वा कथंचित् नरजन्म दुर्लभं,
तत्रापि पुंस्त्वं श्रुतिपारदर्शनम् । यस्स्वात्ममुक्त्यै न यतेत मूढधीः,
स आत्महा स्वं विनिहन्त्यसद्ग्रहात् ॥ ४ ॥
इतः को न्वस्ति मूढात्मा यस्तु स्वार्थे प्रमाद्यति । दुर्लभं मानुषं देहं प्राप्य तत्रापि पौरुषम् ॥ ५ ॥
पठन्तु शास्त्राणि यजन्तु देवान् कुर्वन्तु कर्माणि भजन्तु देवताः । आत्मैक्यबोधेन विना विमुक्तिः न सिध्यति ब्रह्मशतान्तरेऽपि ॥ ६ ॥
अमृतत्वस्य नाशास्ति वित्तेनेत्येव हि श्रुतिः । ब्रवीति कर्मणो मुक्तेः अहेतुत्वं स्फुटं यतः ॥७॥
durlabham trayam evaitat daivānugrahahetukam manuṣyatvam mumuksutvaṁ mahāpuruṣasaṁśrayaḥ ||
labdhva kathamcit narajanma durlabham
tatrāpi pumstvam śrutipāradarśanam yassvatmamuktyai na yateta mūḍhadhiḥ sa ātmahā svam vinihantyasadgrahāt ||