Vivek Chudamani

Author(s): Shankaracharya, Madhavanand Swami
Publisher: Advaita Ashram

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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
seeker; whoever abides in these gets Liberation from the bondage of the body, which is the conjuring of Ignorance.
[The reference is to Kaivalya Upanishad 1, 2. 1Faith Shraddhâ, devotion-Bhakti.
been defined in Slokas 25, 31 and 32.
2Bondage &c.-i.e., identification of the Self with the body, which is solely due to Ignorance or Avidyâ.]
अज्ञानयोगात्परमात्मनस्तव
ह्यनात्मबन्धस्तत एव संसृतिः ।
तयोर्विवेकोदितबोधबह्नि
These have
रशानकार्य प्रदहेत्समूलम् ॥ ४७ ॥
A411 Hgh the touch of 47. It is verily through Ignorance that thou who art the Supreme Self findest thyself under the bondage of non-Self, whence alone proceeds the round of births and deaths. The fire of knowledge, kindled by the discrimination between these two, burns up the effects of Ignorance together with their root. शिष्य उवाच । gaven guni zanfaaratsoi fanyà aur 1
यदुत्तरमहं श्रुत्वा कृतार्थः स्यां भवन्मुखात् ॥ ४८ ॥ The disciple said:
48. Condescend to listen, O Master, to the question I am putting (to thee). I shall be gratified to hear a reply to the same from thy lips.
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