Vivekachudamani Verses 472-479

Notes: Thou, too, .—The Guru is addressing the disciple.
Undiluted—unmixed, i. e. absolute.
Illumined—lit. awakened, i. e. from this unreal dream of duality.

Notes: Samadhi— i. e. the highest or Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
Scriptural words—such as “Thou art That,” and so on.
Discerned—realised in Samadhi.

Notes: Texts: The word ‘Pramana’ can be translated also as ‘proofs’ or ‘authority.’
Scriptures—which tell of one’s eternal identity with Brahman, and declare all duality to be unreal.
Reasoning—upon those scriptural statements so as to be convinced of their truth. For instance, one can argue that bondage being a creation of one’s mind must be unreal and that Knowledge of Brahman dispels it, and so on.
Words……Guru: The Guru is a man of Realisation and perfectly unselfish and all-loving. He is therefore an Apta, and as such his words are authority.
One’s own experience .: This is the ultimate test. For otherwise one is not perfectly satisfied.
Concentrating .—in Samadhi.

Notes: Inference: Others merely guess at them through signs.

Notes: The Gurus .—This instruction is paroksha or indirect, while the aspirant’s own experience in Samadhi is aparoksha or direct. The former is the means to the latter.

Notes: Face to face—i. e. must live in Atman.

Notes: Abiding in Brahman—as opposed to dualistic ideas.
The teacher’s address begun in Sloka 213 ends here.