Vivek Chudamani

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

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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
जन्तूनां नरजन्म दुर्लभमतः पुंस्त्वं ततो विप्रता तस्माद्वैदिक धर्ममार्गपरता विद्वत्त्वमस्मात्परम् । आत्मानात्मविवेचनं स्वनुभवो ब्रह्मात्मना संस्थितिमुक्तिनों शतजन्मकोटिसुकृतैः पुण्यैर्विना लभ्यते ॥ २ ॥
2. For all beings a human birth is difficult to obtain, more so is a male body, rarer than that is Brahminhood, rarer still is the attachment to the path of Vedic religion; higher than this is erudition in the scriptures; discrimination between the Self and not - Self, Realisation, and continuing in a state of identity with Brahman, —these come next in order. (This kind of) Mukti is to be attained except through the well-earned merits of a hundred crore of births.
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दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतद्देवानुग्रहहेतुकम् ।
मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥ ३ ॥
3. There are three things which are rare indeed and are due to the grace of God-namely, a human birth, the longing for Liberation, and the protecting care of a perfected sage.
लब्ध्वा कथंचिनरजन्म दुर्लभं
तत्रापि पुंस्त्वं श्रुतिपारदर्शनम् ।
यस्त्वात्ममुक्तौ न यतेत मूढधीः
स ह्यात्महा स्वं विनिहन्त्यसद्द्महात् ॥ ४ ॥
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