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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
निगमगदितकीतिं नित्यमानन्दमूर्ति
स्वयमिति परिचीय ब्रह्मरूपेण तिष्ठ ॥ ३९५ ॥
395. (First) destroy the hopes raised by egoism in this
filthy gross body, then do the same forcibly with the air-
like subtle body; and realizing Brahman, the embodiment
of eternal Bliss-whose glories the scriptures proclaim-
as thy own Self, live as Brahman.
[1Destroy etc-Both the gross and subtle bodies are coverings over
the Atman, the Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, and freedom con-
sists in going beyond them.]
शवाकारं यावद्भजति मनुजस्तावदशुचिः
परेभ्य: स्यात्क्लेशो जनऩमरणव्याधिनिलयः ।
यदात्मानं शुद्धं कलयति शिवाकारमचलम्
तदा तेभ्यो मुक्तो भवति हि तदाह श्रुतिरपि ॥ ३९६ ॥
396. So long as man has any regard for this corpse-
like body, he is impure, and suffers from his enemies as
also from birth, death, and disease; but when he thinks
of himself as pure, as the essence of Good and immovable,
he assuredly becomes free from them; the Śrutis² also
say this.
[1Suffers from his enemies etc. -Compare Byhadāranyaka II. iv.
6. – "The Brāhmanas oust him who sees them as different from himself."
etc., and Byhadārapyaka, I. iv. 2.-"So long as there is a second, there is
fear."
2Srutis etc.-For example Chindogya, VIIl. xii. 1. - "This body
is mortal, O Indra, " etc.]
VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
निगमगदितकीतिं नित्यमानन्दमूर्ति
स्वयमिति परिचीय ब्रह्मरूपेण तिष्ठ ॥ ३९५ ॥
395. (First) destroy the hopes raised by egoism in this
filthy gross body, then do the same forcibly with the air-
like subtle body; and realizing Brahman, the embodiment
of eternal Bliss-whose glories the scriptures proclaim-
as thy own Self, live as Brahman.
[1Destroy etc-Both the gross and subtle bodies are coverings over
the Atman, the Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, and freedom con-
sists in going beyond them.]
शवाकारं यावद्भजति मनुजस्तावदशुचिः
परेभ्य: स्यात्क्लेशो जनऩमरणव्याधिनिलयः ।
यदात्मानं शुद्धं कलयति शिवाकारमचलम्
तदा तेभ्यो मुक्तो भवति हि तदाह श्रुतिरपि ॥ ३९६ ॥
396. So long as man has any regard for this corpse-
like body, he is impure, and suffers from his enemies as
also from birth, death, and disease; but when he thinks
of himself as pure, as the essence of Good and immovable,
he assuredly becomes free from them; the Śrutis² also
say this.
[1Suffers from his enemies etc. -Compare Byhadāranyaka II. iv.
6. – "The Brāhmanas oust him who sees them as different from himself."
etc., and Byhadārapyaka, I. iv. 2.-"So long as there is a second, there is
fear."
2Srutis etc.-For example Chindogya, VIIl. xii. 1. - "This body
is mortal, O Indra, " etc.]