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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
124. Now I am going to tell thee of the real nature of
the Supreme Self, realizing which man is freed from bond-
age and attains liberation.¹
[Liberation- Kaivalya literally means extreme aloofness ]
अस्ति कश्चित्स्वयं नित्यमहंप्रत्ययलम्बनः ।
अवस्थात्रयसाक्षी सन्पञ्चकोशविलक्षणः ॥ १२५ ॥
125. There is some Absolute Entity, the eternal sub-
stratum of the consciousness of egoism, the witness of the
three states, and distinct from the five sheaths or coverings:
[1Five sheaths etc. -Consisting respectively of Anna (matter). Pràna
(force), Manas (mind), Vijñāna (knowledge) and Ananda (Bliss). The
first comprises this body of ours, the next three make up the subtle body
(Sakma Sarira), and the last the causal body (Kārapa-Sarira). The
Atman referred to in this sloka is beyond them all. These koias will be
dealt with later on.]
यो विजानाति सकलं जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु ।
बुद्धितद्वृत्तिसद्भावमभावमहमित्ययम् ॥ १२६ ॥
126. Which knows everything that happens in the
waking state, in dream, and in profound sleep; which is
aware of the presence or absence of the mind and its
functions; and which is the background of the notion of
egoism. This is That.
[This loka gives the purport of such Śruti passages as Kena,
16 and Brhadārayyaka, III. iv. 2. J
यः पश्यति स्वयं सर्वं यं न पश्यति कश्चन ।
यश्चेतयति बुद्धयादि न तद्यं चेतयत्ययम् ॥ १२७ ॥
VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
124. Now I am going to tell thee of the real nature of
the Supreme Self, realizing which man is freed from bond-
age and attains liberation.¹
[Liberation- Kaivalya literally means extreme aloofness ]
अस्ति कश्चित्स्वयं नित्यमहंप्रत्ययलम्बनः ।
अवस्थात्रयसाक्षी सन्पञ्चकोशविलक्षणः ॥ १२५ ॥
125. There is some Absolute Entity, the eternal sub-
stratum of the consciousness of egoism, the witness of the
three states, and distinct from the five sheaths or coverings:
[1Five sheaths etc. -Consisting respectively of Anna (matter). Pràna
(force), Manas (mind), Vijñāna (knowledge) and Ananda (Bliss). The
first comprises this body of ours, the next three make up the subtle body
(Sakma Sarira), and the last the causal body (Kārapa-Sarira). The
Atman referred to in this sloka is beyond them all. These koias will be
dealt with later on.]
यो विजानाति सकलं जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु ।
बुद्धितद्वृत्तिसद्भावमभावमहमित्ययम् ॥ १२६ ॥
126. Which knows everything that happens in the
waking state, in dream, and in profound sleep; which is
aware of the presence or absence of the mind and its
functions; and which is the background of the notion of
egoism. This is That.
[This loka gives the purport of such Śruti passages as Kena,
16 and Brhadārayyaka, III. iv. 2. J
यः पश्यति स्वयं सर्वं यं न पश्यति कश्चन ।
यश्चेतयति बुद्धयादि न तद्यं चेतयत्ययम् ॥ १२७ ॥