!! Viveka Chudamani of Shankaracharya !!
Slokas 321-323 with meanings in English
Viveka Chudamani Slokas 321-323 :
Sloka 321:
दृश्यं प्रतीतं प्रविलापयन्
स्वयम् सन्मात्रमानन्दघनं विभावयन्।
समाहितस्सन् बहिरन्तरं वा
कालं नयेथा स्सति कर्मबन्धे॥321॥
दृश्यं प्रतीतं प्रविलापयन् -
Causing the perceived universe to dissolve
स्वयम् सन्मात्रमानन्दघनं विभावयन्-
perceiving one self as the true embodiment of Bliss
समाहितः सन् बहिरन्तरं वा -
inwardly or outwardly being focussed
कालं नयेथा स्सति कर्मबन्धे -
spend the time till the residual Prarabdha karma dissolves
Sloka summary 321:
Inwardly or outwardly being focussed, perceiving one self as the true embodiment of Bliss, causing the perceived universe to dissolve, spend the time till the residual Prarabdha karma dissolves.
In the earlier Slokas guru said , destruction of Vasana isMoksha , liberation. The Seeker become Jivan Mukta , being liberated while being alive. What does a Jivan mukta do , how does he spend his time , till the end of life ? Guru seems to answer that here.
Here he says till the residual Prarabda karma is dissolved, which means till the end of one's life, he should being focussed inwardly or outwardly, dissolve the world seen as Brahman, perceiving himself as true embodiment of Bliss, spend the time.
Sloka 322:
प्रमादो ब्रह्म निष्ठायां
न कर्तव्यः कदाचन।
प्रमादो मृत्युः इत्याह
भगवान् ब्रह्मणः सुतः॥ 322॥
प्रमादो ब्रह्म निष्ठायां-
being established in Brahman, being forgetful
न कर्तव्यः कदाचन -
should never happen
Being forgetful - is about him being the true form of Bliss ; which means you see Brahman in the universe. If you forget that for a moment, you will be dissolve yourself in the universe seen. That is the start of a sliding path in the other direction.
प्रमादो मृत्युः इत्याह -
It is said being forgetful is death;
भगवान् ब्रह्मणः सुतः -
Sanatkumara, son of the creator;
Sloka summary 322:
Those established in Brahman, being forgetful should never happen. Sanatkumara, son of the creator said that being forgetful is death;
Sloka 323
न प्रमादादनर्थोऽन्यो
ज्ञानिनः स्व स्वरूपतः।
ततो मोहः ततोऽहंधीः
ततोबन्धः ततोव्यथा॥ 323॥
न प्रमादादनर्थोऽन्यो - न प्रमादात् अन्यो अनर्थो
there is no greater danger than forgetfulness;
ज्ञानिनः स्व स्वरूपतः। -
of one's own real nature for the wiseman;
For the learned one there is no greater danger than forgetfulness of one's own real nature
ततो मोहः ततोऽहंधीः -
from it delusion, from it the ego;
ततोबन्धः ततोव्यथा
from it the bondage, and from it the misery;
Sloka summary 323:
For the learned one there is no greater danger than forgetfulness of one's own real nature. Forgetfulness leads to delusion, ego, bondage, and misery in succession.
॥ओम् तत् सत्॥
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