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<p>सिद्धान्तबिन्दुः
 

Siddhantabindu
 
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<verse>श्रीशङ्कराचार्यनवावतारं विश्वेश्वरं विश्वगुरुं प्रणम्य ।

वेदान्तशास्त्रश्रवणालसानां बोधाय कुर्वे कमपि प्रयत्नम् ॥
 
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<p>Having bowed down in reverence to Vişveșvara,

the Lord of the Universe, who has descended again

as Şri Şankaracārya, I shall make an effort to

instruct those who are keenly interested in learning

the discipline of Vedanta.
 
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<p>१. इह खलु साक्षात्परम्परया वा सर्वान् जीवान् समुद्दिधीर्षुः भगवान्
श्रीशङ्करोऽनात्मभ्यो विवेकेन आत्मानं नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तस्वभावं. संक्षेपेण

बोधयितुं दशश्लोकीं प्रणिनाय ॥
 
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<p>1. Şri Şankara has composed a short poem called

the Dasasṣaṣlokiī, ten verses (of instruction ) for the

purpose of uplifting all souls, directly or gradually,

by teaching them briefly about the Self which is

pure, enlightened and eternally free as distinct from

all non-self.
 
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<p>२. ननु इदड्डाङ्कारास्पदेम्योऽनात्मभ्यो विवेकेनाहढा ङ्कारास्पदमात्मानं सर्वो

लोकोऽहमस्मीति प्रत्येति दुःखं चानुभवति । तेन ज्ञातज्ञापकत्वान्निष्प्रयोजन
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त्वाच्च आत्मतत्त्वप्रतिपादनं व्यर्थमिति चेत् -
 
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<p>2. Objection :- But the whole world knows the

self, the content of the idea '&apos;I'&apos;, as distinct from the
 
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<footnote>INVOCATION
 

The first half of this verse can also mean:
"
&quot; After bowing

down to Vişveşvara, the guru of the world, who is a fresh

incarnation of Sri Şankarācārya,.
 
.....&quot;
Sri Vişveşvara Sarasvati was the guru or spiritual preceptor

of Sri Madhusuūdana Sarasvati, the author.
 
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