Vivekachudamani
by Shankara | 1921 | 49,785 words | ISBN-13: 9788175051065
The Vivekachudamani is a collection of poetical couplets authored by Shankara around the eighth century. The philosophical school this compilation attempts to expose is called ‘Advaita Vedanta’, or non-dualism, one of the classical orthodox philosophies of Hinduism. The book teaches Viveka: discrimination between the real and the unreal. Shankara d...
Verse 300
अहंकारग्रहान्मुक्तः स्वरूपमुपपद्यते ।
चन्द्रवद्विमलः पूर्णः सदानन्दः स्वयंप्रभः ॥ ३00 ॥ahaṃkāragrahānmuktaḥ svarūpamupapadyate |
candravadvimalaḥ pūrṇaḥ sadānandaḥ svayaṃprabhaḥ || 300 ||300. Freed from the clutches of egoism, as the moon from those of Rāhu, man attains to his real nature, and becomes pure, infinite, ever blissful and self-luminous.
Notes:
[Graha in Sanskrit means both ‘planet’ and ‘seizure.’ The eclipses of the sun and moon are popularly ascribed by Hindu mythology to the periodical attacks by their enemy Rahu, a demon whom they prevented from drinking the nectar.]