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<ptitle lang="sa">सिद्धान्तबिन्दुः
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<title lang="en">Siddhantabindu</ptitle>
<verse lang="sa">श्रीशङ्कराचार्यनवावबतारं विश्वेश्वरं विश्वगुरुं प्रणम्य ।
वेदान्तशास्त्रश्रवणालसानां बोधाय कुर्वे कमपि प्रयत्नम् ॥</verse>
<p lang="sa">Having bowed down in reverence to Vişṣveșṣvara,
the Lord of the Universe, who has descended again
as Şri ŞṢri Ṣankaracārya, I shall make an effort to
instruct those who are keenly interested in learning
the discipline of Vedanta.</p>
<p lang="sa">१. इह खलु साक्षात्परम्परया वा सर्वान् जीवान् समुद्दिधीर्षुः भगवान्
श्रीशङ्करोऽनात्मभ्यो विवेकेन आत्मानं नित्यशुद्धबुद्धमुक्तस्वभावं संक्षेपेण
बोधयितुं दशश्लोकीं प्रणिनाय ॥</p>
<p lang="sa">1. Şri Şankara has composed a short poem called
the Daṣaṣlokīi, 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.</p>
<p lang="sa">२. ननु इदङ्कारास्पदेम्योऽनात्मभ्यो विवेकेनाहङ्कारास्पदमात्मानं सर्वो
लोकोऽहमस्मीति प्रत्येति दुःखं चानुभवति । तेन ज्ञातज्ञापकत्वान्निष्प्रयोजन-
त्वाच्च आत्मतत्त्वप्रतिपादनं व्यर्थमिति चेत् -</p>
<p lang="sa">2. Objection :- But the whole world knows the
self, the content of the idea &apos;I&apos;, as distinct from the</p>
<footnotep lang="en">INVOCATION
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<p lang="sa">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;
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<p lang="sa">Sri Vişveşvara Sarasvati was the guru or spiritual preceptor
of Sri Madhusūdana Sarasvati, the author.</footnotep>
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