Vivekacudamani : Slokam-45. Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.
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Vivekacudamani = “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"
VOL-1.
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VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life
PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.)
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Slokam - 45: The Foundational Texts Glorified
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vedaanta artha vichaarena = By contemplating upon the meaning of the Upanishads
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jaayate jnaanam uttamam; = is born the highest knowledge (of the Supreme Reality)
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tena aatyantika samsaara = by which the endless world of names and forms
4.
duhkha naashah bhavati anu. = with all its sorrows is immediately brought to an end.
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correct bottle of medicine is pulled out of the shelf by the consummate
Master. As we said earlier, this is not a time for experimenting. The medicine has been tried
and tested, not on animals as today’s drugs are tested, but on great seekers. The results
have been published in every Upanishad in the form of Mantras.
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Naashah:
“annihilation”. The word is justifiably selected. This medicine will
totally annihilate all traces of the disease of delusion and sorrow. That is a guarantee.
Sorrow is removed at its very root. The destruction is once and for all. “You will be fearless
forever!” assures the Master.
"Once a match is struck in a cave, no matter how ancient the darkness was, it disappears in an instant!"
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Next
Slokam - 46: What the Disciple is Required to Do
To be continued
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