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 319
तमस्तमःकार्यमनर्थजालं
न दृश्यते सत्युदिते दिनेशे ।
तथाद्वयानन्दरसानुभूतौ
न वास्ति बन्धो न च दुःखगन्धः ॥ ३१९ ॥tamastamaḥkāryamanarthajālaṃ
na dṛśyate satyudite dineśe |
tathādvayānandarasānubhūtau
na vāsti bandho na ca duḥkhagandhaḥ || 319 ||319. Darkness and the numerous evils that attend on it are not noticed when the sun rises. Similarly, on the realisation of the Bliss Absolute, there is neither bondage nor the least trace of misery.