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सर्वात्मना दृश्यमिदं मृषैव
नैवाहमर्थः क्षणिकत्वदर्शनात् ।
जानाम्यहं सर्वमिति प्रतीतिः
कुतोऽहमादेः क्षणिकस्य सिध्येत् ॥ २९३ ॥

sarvātmanā dṛśyamidaṃ mṛṣaiva
naivāhamarthaḥ kṣaṇikatvadarśanāt |
jānāmyahaṃ sarvamiti pratītiḥ
kuto’hamādeḥ kṣaṇikasya sidhyet || 293 ||

293. This objective universe is absolutely unreal; neither is egoism a reality, for it is observed to be momentary. How can the perception, ‘I know all’, be true of egoism etc., which are momentary?

Notes: The perception……all—Man’s inherent belief in the omniscience of the Atman is meant.

अहंपदार्थस्त्वहमादिसाक्षी
नित्यं सुषुप्तावपि भावदर्शनात् ।
ब्रूते ह्यजो नित्य इति श्रुतिः स्वयं
तत्प्रत्यगात्मा सदसद्विलक्षणः ॥ २९४ ॥

ahaṃpadārthastvahamādisākṣī
nityaṃ suṣuptāvapi bhāvadarśanāt |
brūte hyajo nitya iti śrutiḥ svayaṃ
tatpratyagātmā sadasadvilakṣaṇaḥ || 294 ||

294. But the real ‘I’ is that which witnesses the ego and the rest. It exists always, even in the state of profound sleep. The Shruti itself says, ‘It is birthless, eternal’, etc. Therefore the Paramātman is different from the gross and subtle bodies.

Notes: Exists always…… sleep -—as the witness- of all.
experience.
The Sruti .—The reference is- to the Katha> Upanishad, I., ü. l8.

विकारिणां सर्वविकारवेत्ता
नित्याविकारो भवितुं समर्हति ।
मनोरथस्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु स्फुटं
पुनः पुनर्दृष्टमसत्त्वमेतयोः ॥ २९५ ॥

vikāriṇāṃ sarvavikāravettā
nityāvikāro bhavituṃ samarhati |
manorathasvapnasuṣuptiṣu sphuṭaṃ
punaḥ punardṛṣṭamasattvametayoḥ || 295 ||

295. The knower of all changes in things subject to change should necessarily be eternal and changeless. The unreality of the gross and subtle bodies is again and again clearly observed in imagination, dream and profound sleep.

Notes: The unreality…… sleep’. Because the subtle Ì3
not perceived in the Sushupti state and the gross body in the dream and Sushupti states.

अतोऽभिमानं त्यज मांसपिण्डे
पिण्डाभिमानिन्यपि बुद्धिकल्पिते ।
कालत्रयाबाध्यमखण्डबोधं
ज्ञात्वा स्वमात्मानमुपैहि शान्तिम् ॥ २९६ ॥

ato’bhimānaṃ tyaja māṃsapiṇḍe
piṇḍābhimāninyapi buddhikalpite |
kālatrayābādhyamakhaṇḍabodhaṃ
jñātvā svamātmānamupaihi śāntim || 296 ||

296. Therefore give up the identification with this lump of flesh, the gross body, as well as with the ego or the subtle body, which are both imagined by the Buddhi. Realising thy own Self, which is Knowledge Absolute and not to be denied in the past, present or future, attain to Peace.

Notes: Imagined by Buddhi—Because they are not in Atman and our ignorance conjures them up through the Buddhi or determinative faculty.
Denied .—Because the Atman transcends time.

त्यजाभिमानं कुलगोत्रनाम
रूपाश्रमेष्वार्द्रशवाश्रितेषु ।
लिङ्गस्य धर्मानपि कर्तृतादिंस्
त्यक्ता भवाखण्डसुखस्वरूपः ॥ २९७ ॥

tyajābhimānaṃ kulagotranāma
rūpāśrameṣvārdraśavāśriteṣu |
liṅgasya dharmānapi kartṛtādiṃs
tyaktā bhavākhaṇḍasukhasvarūpaḥ || 297 ||

297. Cease to identify thyself with the family, lineage, name, form and the order of life, which pertain to the body that is like a rotten corpse (to a man of realisation). Similarly, giving up ideas of agency and so forth, which are attributes of the subtle body, be the Essence of Bliss Absolute.

Notes: Rotten corpse—The body appears as living only through the erroneous identification of the Buddhi, and when that ceases on realisation, the body is nothing but a putrid corpse, to be shunned.
Attributes of the subtle body: The Jnani must realise his identity with the Atman alone.

Table of Contents

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

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

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