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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
सर्ववेदान्तसिद्धान्तगोचरं तमगोचरम् ।
गोविन्दं परमानन्दं सद्गुरुं प्रणतोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ १ ॥
1. I bow to Govinda, whose nature is Bliss Supreme,
who is the Sadguru, who can be known only from the
import of all Vedanta, and who is beyond the reach of
speech and mind.
['Viveka' means discrimination, ciūlā'is crest, and 'mapi', jewel.
Hence the title means 'Crest-jewel of discrimination'. Just as the jewel
on the crest of a diadem is the most conspicuous ornament on a person's
body, so the present treatise is a masterpiece among works treating of
discrimination between the Real and the unreal.rks t
In this opening stanza salutation is made to God (Govinda), or to
the Guru, in his absolute aspect. It may be interesting to note that the
name of Sankara's Guru was Govindapada, and the floka is in-
geniously composed so as to admit of both interpretations.
1 Sadguru-lit. the highly qualified preceptor, and may refer either to
Sankara's own Guru or to God Himself, who is the Guru of Gurus]
जन्तूनां नरजन्म दुर्लभमतः पुंस्त्वं ततो विप्रता.
तस्माद्वेदिकधर्ममार्गपरता विद्वत्त्वमस्मात्परम् ।
आत्मामात्मविवेचनं स्वनुभवो ब्रह्मात्मना संस्थिति-
र्मुक्तिर्नो शतजन्मकोटिसुकृतैः पुण्यैर्विना लभ्यते ॥ २ ॥
2. For all beings a human birth is difficult to obtain,
more so is a male body; rarer than that is Brāhmanahood;.
rarer still is the attachment to the path of Vedic religion;
VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
सर्ववेदान्तसिद्धान्तगोचरं तमगोचरम् ।
गोविन्दं परमानन्दं सद्गुरुं प्रणतोऽस्म्यहम् ॥ १ ॥
1. I bow to Govinda, whose nature is Bliss Supreme,
who is the Sadguru, who can be known only from the
import of all Vedanta, and who is beyond the reach of
speech and mind.
['Viveka' means discrimination, ciūlā'is crest, and 'mapi', jewel.
Hence the title means 'Crest-jewel of discrimination'. Just as the jewel
on the crest of a diadem is the most conspicuous ornament on a person's
body, so the present treatise is a masterpiece among works treating of
discrimination between the Real and the unreal.rks t
In this opening stanza salutation is made to God (Govinda), or to
the Guru, in his absolute aspect. It may be interesting to note that the
name of Sankara's Guru was Govindapada, and the floka is in-
geniously composed so as to admit of both interpretations.
1 Sadguru-lit. the highly qualified preceptor, and may refer either to
Sankara's own Guru or to God Himself, who is the Guru of Gurus]
जन्तूनां नरजन्म दुर्लभमतः पुंस्त्वं ततो विप्रता.
तस्माद्वेदिकधर्ममार्गपरता विद्वत्त्वमस्मात्परम् ।
आत्मामात्मविवेचनं स्वनुभवो ब्रह्मात्मना संस्थिति-
र्मुक्तिर्नो शतजन्मकोटिसुकृतैः पुण्यैर्विना लभ्यते ॥ २ ॥
2. For all beings a human birth is difficult to obtain,
more so is a male body; rarer than that is Brāhmanahood;.
rarer still is the attachment to the path of Vedic religion;