Vivekachudamani – Cause-Effect – False – Verses 349-353   «   »

Vivekachudamani – Cause-Effect – False – Verses 349-353   «   »

अयोऽग्नियोगादिव सत्समन्वयान्
मात्रादिरूपेण विजृम्भते धीः ।
तत्कार्यमेतद्द्वितयं यतो मृषा
दृष्टं भ्रमस्वप्नमनोरथेषु ॥ ३४९ ॥
ततो विकाराः प्रकृतेरहंमुखा
देहावसाना विषयाश्च सर्वे ।
क्षणेऽन्यथाभावितया ह्यमीषाम्
असत्त्वमात्मा तु कदापि नान्यथा ॥ ३५0 ॥
349-350. Like iron manifesting as sparks through contact with fire, the Buddhi manifests itself as knower and known through the inherence of Brahman. As these two (knower and known), the effects of the Buddhi, are observed to be unreal in the case of delusion, dream and fancy, similarly, the modifications of the Prakriti, from egoism down to the body and all sense-objects are also unreal. Their unreality is verily due to their being subject to change every moment. But the Ātman never changes. 
Notes: Like iron .—Iron, itself, is never incandescent. it is fire that makes it appear so. Similarly the intelligence of Brahman is imparted to Buddhi.
The word JTf’snf?’ can be disjoined in two ways; viz. as + ^nfgr or as ruff !înÍ 7 the first gives us the meaning of ‘sparks ‘ and the second that of knower and known, i. e. subject and object.
The modifications…… are also unreal—because
they, too, are effects and derivatives of Prakriti and depend on their perception by the Buddhi.
नित्याद्वयाखण्डचिदेकरूपो
बुद्ध्यादिसाक्षी सदसद्विलक्षणः ।
अहंपदप्रत्ययलक्षितार्थः
प्रत्यक्सदानन्दघनः परात्मा ॥ ३५१ ॥
nityādvayākhaṇḍacidekarūpo
buddhyādisākṣī sadasadvilakṣaṇaḥ |
ahaṃpadapratyayalakṣitārthaḥ
pratyaksadānandaghanaḥ parātmā || 351 ||
351. The Supreme Self is ever of the nature of eternal, indivisible knowledge, one without a second, the Witness of the Buddhi and the rest, distinct from the gross and subtle, the implied meaning of the term and idea ‘I’, the embodiment of inward, eternal bliss.
Notes: The implied meaning—divesting it of its accidental conditions of time and circumstances. See Notes on Slokas 248-9.
इत्थं विपश्चित्सदसद्विभज्य
निश्चित्य तत्त्वं निजबोधदृष्ट्या ।
ज्ञात्वा स्वमात्मानमखण्डबोधं
तेभ्यो विमुक्तः स्वयमेव शाम्यति ॥ ३५२ ॥
itthaṃ vipaścitsadasadvibhajya
niścitya tattvaṃ nijabodhadṛṣṭyā |
jñātvā svamātmānamakhaṇḍabodhaṃ
tebhyo vimuktaḥ svayameva śāmyati || 352 ||
352. The wise man, discriminating thus the real and the unreal, ascertaining the Truth through his illuminative insight, and realising his own Self which is Knowledge Absolute, gets rid of the obstructions and directly attains Peace.
Notes: Truth—The identity of Jiva and Brahman.
Obstructions—mentioned in Sloka 347.
अज्ञानहृदयग्रन्थेर्निःशेषविलयस्तदा ।
समाधिनाविकल्पेन यदाद्वैतात्मदर्शनम् ॥ ३५३ ॥
ajñānahṛdayagrantherniḥśeṣavilayastadā |
samādhināvikalpena yadādvaitātmadarśanam || 353 ||
353. When the Ātman, the One without a second, is realised by means of the Nirvikalpa Samadhi, then the heart’s knot of ignorance is totally destroyed.

Vivekachudamani – Introduction
1: Devoted Dedication
2: Glory of Spiritual Life
3: Unique Graces in Life
4-7: Miseries of The Unspiritual Man
8-13: Means of Wisdom
14-17: The Fit Student
18-30: The Four Qualifications
31: Bhakti – Firm and Deep
32-40: Courtesy of Approach and Questioning
41-47: Loving Advice of the Guru
48-49: Questions of the Disciple
50: Intelligent Disciple – Appreciated
51-55: Glory of Self-Effort
56-61: Knowledge of the Self-Its Beauty
62-66: Direct Experience – Liberation
67-71: Discussion on Questions Raised
72-75: Gross Body
76-82: Sense Objects a Trap – Man Bound
83-86: Fascination for Body Criticised
87-91: Gross Body Condemned
92: Organs of Perception and Action
93-94: Inner Instruments
95: The Five Pranas
96-101: Subtle Body – Effects
102: Functions of Prāna
103-105: Ego Discussed
106-107: Infinite Love – the Self
108-110: Māyā – Pointed Out
111-112: Rajoguņa – Nature and Effects
113-116: Tamoguņa – Nature and Effects
117-119: Sattvaguņa – Nature and Effects
120-121: The Causal Body – Its Nature
122-123: Not-Self – Description
124-135: The Self – Its Nature
136: Advice for Self-control
137-142: What is Bondage – The Reply
143-144: The Powers – Agitation and Veiling
145-146: Bondage in Action
147-153: Ātman and Anātman – Discrimination
Negation of the Kośas
154-164: – Annamaya kośa (Food sheath)
165-166: – Prņamaya kośa (Vital air sheath)
167-183: – Manomaya kosa (Mental sheath)
184-188: – Vijnanamaya kośa (Intellectual sheath)
189-191: Ātman – Unattached
192-193: What is Liberation? – Disciple
194-206: Self-Knowledge gives Liberation
207-210: Anandamaya kośa (Bliss sheath)
211: Ātman – Other than the Five Kośas
212: What is Ātman? – Disciple
213-225: Nature of the Self – Discussion
226-236: All Manifestation Absolute
237-240: Brahman – Its Nature
241-249: That Thou Art – Explanation
250-253: Attitude in Meditation
254-266: Aids to Meditation
267-276: Give up Vāsanās – the Method
277-292: End Superimposition – The Means
293-297: The Perceived I’ Factor – False
298-309: Condemnation of the Ego
310-319: Actions, Thoughts and Vāsanās – Renounce
320-329: Total Vigilance – Its Price
330-338: In the One, No Plurality
339-348: Spiritual Growth – the Secret
349-353: Cause-Effect – False
354-372: Samadhi – Its Nature
373-378: Fully Detached – Samadhi Easy
379-383: Meditation – the Technique
384-397: Continuous Attention to Self
398-406: No Diversity in Reality
407-413: Ātma-vicāra – Contemplation
414-418: Give up Perceptions
419-425: The Science of Reality – Its Benefits
426-445: Signs of a Realised Seer
446-464: Prārabdha for a Saint
465-471: There is No Plurality
472-479: Experience of Selfhood
480-520: Practice of Knowledge – Disciple
521-575: Final Words of Advice
576-578: Blessed Disciple Liberated
579-581: The Glory of the Textbook

Sri Adi Sankaracharya

Links
Sri Adi Sankaracharya’s Vivekachudamani – Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda
Transcript of Swami Paramarthananda’s classes on Vivekachudamani

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