Vivekachoodamani : ( 05/05/2013. )

========================================================================== Friday, 21 June 2024. 05:30.  Vivekachudamani = “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination"  VOL-1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.) Slogam - 55:  Simile 5:    The Chains of Bondage  ============================================================================= Slogam - 55:  Simile 5:    The Chains of Bondage:  1.avidyaa-kaama-karmaadi = Ignorance, desire and action –  2. paasha bandham vimochitum; = to free oneself of the bondage resulting from these,  3. kah shaknuyaat vinaa aatmaanam =  who will be able to do that, except oneself?  4. kalpa koti shataih api. = For they may span hundreds of crores of Kalpas!  ============================================================================== In the context of the chapter we are in, it is not so relevant to go into a discussion of  the “chains of ignorance, desire and action”. There will be time enough for that later. Nor is  it important to conc