Vivekachudamani: Slokam-59: Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.
======================================================================================= Thursday 07, November 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 -59: Can Study of Scriptures Help? ====================================================================================== Slogam -59: Can Study of Scriptures Help?: 1 avijnaate pare tattve = Without knowing the supreme Reality, 2 shaastraadheetistu nishhphalaa; = the study of the Shastras is futile. 3 vijnaate api pare tattve = Having known the supreme Reality, 4 shaastraadheetistu nishhphalaa. = the study of the Shastras is again futile. ====================================================================================== The emphatic point driven home by this magnificent juxtaposition of two opposing statements is simply this: “The Shastras are useful only for realizing God, not for any other purpose, ho...