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 478
वेदान्तसिद्धान्तनिरुक्तिरेषा
ब्रह्मैव जीवः सकलं जगच्च ।
अखण्डरूपस्थितिरेव मोक्षो
ब्रह्माद्वितीये श्रुतयः प्रमाणम् ॥ ४७८ ॥vedāntasiddhāntaniruktireṣā
brahmaiva jīvaḥ sakalaṃ jagacca |
akhaṇḍarūpasthitireva mokṣo
brahmādvitīye śrutayaḥ pramāṇam || 478 ||478. The verdict of all discussions on the Vedanta is that the Jīva and the whole universe are nothing but Brahman, and that liberation means abiding in Brahman, the indivisible Entity. While the Śrutis themselves are authority (for the statement) that Brahman is One without a second.
Notes:
[Abiding in Brahman—as opposed to dualistic ideas.
The teacher’s address begun in Sloka 213 ends here.]