Vivek Chudamani

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

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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
सम्यग्विचारतः सिद्धा रज्जुतत्त्वावधारणा । भ्रान्तोदितमहासर्पभयदुःखविनाशिनी ॥ १२ ॥
12. By adequate reasoning the conviction of the reality1 about the rope is gained, which puts an end to the great fear and misery caused by the snake worked up in the deluded mind.
['Reality &c.-i.e., that it is a rope and not a snake, for which it was mistaken.]
अर्थस्य निश्चयो दृष्टो विचारेण हितोक्तितः ।
न स्नानेन न दानेन प्राणायामशतेन वा ॥ १३ ॥
13. The conviction of the Truth is seen to proceed from reasoning upon the salutary counsel of the wise,' and not by bathing in the sacred waters, nor by gifts, nor by hundreds of Pránáyámas.
[ 1 The wise men of realisation.]
अधिकारिणमाशास्ते फलसिद्धिर्विशेषतः ।
उपाया देशकालाद्याः सन्त्यस्मिन्सहकारिणः ॥ १४ ॥
14. Success depends essentially on a qualified aspirant, and time, place and such other means are but auxiliaries in this regard.
['The qualifications will be enumerated in stanzas 16 and 17.]
भतो विचारः कर्तव्यो जिज्ञासोरात्मवस्तुनः । समासाद्य दयासिन्धुं गुरु ं ब्रह्मविदुत्तमम् ॥ १५ ॥
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