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VIVEKACUDAMANI
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[All works-All works done with motive, including the good ones
prescribed in the scriptures and those that are evil, which men do,
prompted by their own nature.]
vel
चित्तस्य शुद्धये कर्म न तु वस्तूपलब्धये ।
वस्तुसिद्धिर्विचारेण न किंचित्कर्मकोटिभिः ॥ ११ ॥
11. Work leads to purification of the mind, not to
perception of the Reality. The realization of Truth is
brought about by discrimination and not in the least by
ten millions of acts.
[The idea is : That works prescribed by the scriptures, when properly
done, cleanse the mind of its impurities. Then the Truth flashes of itself.]
सम्यग्विचारतः सिद्धा रज्जुतत्त्वावधारणा ।
भ्रान्तोदितमहासर्पभयदुःखविनाशिनी ॥ १२ ॥
12. By adequate reasoning the conviction of the reality l
about the rope is gained, which puts an end to the great
fear and misery caused by the snake worked up in the
deluded mind.
[Reality etc. - That is, that it is a rope and not a soake, for which
it was mistaken.]
अर्थस्य निश्चयो दृष्टो विचारेण हितोक्तितः ।
न स्नानेन न दानेन प्राणायामशतेन वा ॥ १३ ॥
13. The conviction of the Truth is seen to proceed from
reasoning upon the salutary counsel of the wise,¹' and not
by bathing in the sacred waters, nor, by gifts, nor by a
hundred Prāṇayāmas (control of the vital force).
[1The wise - Men of realization.].
5
[All works-All works done with motive, including the good ones
prescribed in the scriptures and those that are evil, which men do,
prompted by their own nature.]
vel
चित्तस्य शुद्धये कर्म न तु वस्तूपलब्धये ।
वस्तुसिद्धिर्विचारेण न किंचित्कर्मकोटिभिः ॥ ११ ॥
11. Work leads to purification of the mind, not to
perception of the Reality. The realization of Truth is
brought about by discrimination and not in the least by
ten millions of acts.
[The idea is : That works prescribed by the scriptures, when properly
done, cleanse the mind of its impurities. Then the Truth flashes of itself.]
सम्यग्विचारतः सिद्धा रज्जुतत्त्वावधारणा ।
भ्रान्तोदितमहासर्पभयदुःखविनाशिनी ॥ १२ ॥
12. By adequate reasoning the conviction of the reality l
about the rope is gained, which puts an end to the great
fear and misery caused by the snake worked up in the
deluded mind.
[Reality etc. - That is, that it is a rope and not a soake, for which
it was mistaken.]
अर्थस्य निश्चयो दृष्टो विचारेण हितोक्तितः ।
न स्नानेन न दानेन प्राणायामशतेन वा ॥ १३ ॥
13. The conviction of the Truth is seen to proceed from
reasoning upon the salutary counsel of the wise,¹' and not
by bathing in the sacred waters, nor, by gifts, nor by a
hundred Prāṇayāmas (control of the vital force).
[1The wise - Men of realization.].