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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
409. The wise man realizes in his heart, through Sama-
dhi, the Infinite Brahman, which is devoid of the ideas of
cause and effect, which is the Reality beyond all imagina-
tions, homogeneous, matchless, beyond the range of
proofs, established by the pronouncements of the Vedas,
and ever familiar to us as the sense of the ego.
[Proofs Other than revelation, viz. direct perception and infer-
ence. Revelation also merely hints at It.
2 Established etc.-We cannot deny the Self, for the Vedas speak of It.
3Ever familiar etc.-Nobody can ever conceive that he is not. For a
discussion on the subject, refer to the Säriraka Bhagya on the Brahima
Sutras, I. i. 2.1
अजरममरमस्ताभाववस्तुस्वरूपं
स्तिमितसलिलराशिप्रख्यमाख्याविहीनम् ।
शमितगुणविकारं शाश्वतं शान्तमेकं
हृदि कलयति विद्वान् ब्रह्म पूर्ण समावी ॥ ४१० ॥
410. The wise man realizes in his heart, through
Samadhi, the Infinite Brahman, which is undecaying and
immortal, the positive Entity which precludes all nega-
tions, which resembles the placid ocean and is without a
name, in which there are neither merits nor demerits, and
which is eternal, pacified and One.
[Entity etc.-Being the Absolute Reality, there is no room in It for
any kind of Abhava, such as Pragabhāva (previous non-existence, as of a
jar before it was made) or Prodkvamsabhāva (cessation by destruction,
as when the jar is broken to pieces). ]
समाहितान्तःकरणः स्वरूपे
विलोकयात्मानमखण्डवैभवम् ।
VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
409. The wise man realizes in his heart, through Sama-
dhi, the Infinite Brahman, which is devoid of the ideas of
cause and effect, which is the Reality beyond all imagina-
tions, homogeneous, matchless, beyond the range of
proofs, established by the pronouncements of the Vedas,
and ever familiar to us as the sense of the ego.
[Proofs Other than revelation, viz. direct perception and infer-
ence. Revelation also merely hints at It.
2 Established etc.-We cannot deny the Self, for the Vedas speak of It.
3Ever familiar etc.-Nobody can ever conceive that he is not. For a
discussion on the subject, refer to the Säriraka Bhagya on the Brahima
Sutras, I. i. 2.1
अजरममरमस्ताभाववस्तुस्वरूपं
स्तिमितसलिलराशिप्रख्यमाख्याविहीनम् ।
शमितगुणविकारं शाश्वतं शान्तमेकं
हृदि कलयति विद्वान् ब्रह्म पूर्ण समावी ॥ ४१० ॥
410. The wise man realizes in his heart, through
Samadhi, the Infinite Brahman, which is undecaying and
immortal, the positive Entity which precludes all nega-
tions, which resembles the placid ocean and is without a
name, in which there are neither merits nor demerits, and
which is eternal, pacified and One.
[Entity etc.-Being the Absolute Reality, there is no room in It for
any kind of Abhava, such as Pragabhāva (previous non-existence, as of a
jar before it was made) or Prodkvamsabhāva (cessation by destruction,
as when the jar is broken to pieces). ]
समाहितान्तःकरणः स्वरूपे
विलोकयात्मानमखण्डवैभवम् ।