VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" : Verses 8 & 9. - Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya
======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28/01/2020. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) Verses- 8 & 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse - 8 : The Preliminaries in a Nutshell "Atah vimuktyai prayateta vidvaan sannyasta baahyaartha sukhasprihah san; santam mahaantam samupetya deshikam tena upadishhtaartha samaahita aatmaa." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1 atah vimuktyai prayateta vidvaan = Therefore, striving to gain inner freedom, the learned seeker 2 sannyasta baahyaartha sukhaspri