VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" : Slokam - 19. Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.
------------------------------------------------ Monday, November 23, 2020. 12:25. PM. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) 1.4 QUALIFICATIONS of DISCIPLE & GURU (Sloka-s 17-32a, 15 No.) The four-fold qualifications (verses 18-30) ------------------------------------------------------ Slokam - 19 : (What are the Four Means?) "Aadau nitya-anitya vastu vivekah pariganyate, iha amutra phala bhoga viraagah tadanantaram; shamaadi shhatka sampattih mumukshhutvam iti sphutam." ------------------------------------------------------- Translation : 1. aadau nitya-anitya vastu vivekah pariganyate; = First comes the Discrimination between the Real and the unreal; iha amutra phala bhoga viraagah tadanantaram; = here and hereafter, from the enjoyment of fruits of actions, to have a spirit of Detachment; after that shamaadi shhatka sampattih = the Sixfold Virtues such as Sama, Dama, etc; and mum