VIVEKAOnUDAMANI 13
Translation contd
on the subject, puts it as सा परानुरक्तिरीश्वरे- "It is extreme attachment to Isvara, in the Lord." On reflection it will appear that there is not much difference between the definitions of the two schools.]
Sloka #32
- स्वात्मतत्त्वानुसन्धानं भक्तिरित्यपरे जगुः ।
- उक्तसाधनसंपन्नस्तत्त्वजिज्ञासुरात्मनः ।
- उपसीदेद्गुरुं प्राज्ञं यस्माद्बन्धविमोक्षणम् ॥३२॥
Translation
32. Others maintain that the inquiry into the truth of one's own Self is Devotion. The inquirer about the truth of the Atman who is possessed of the above-mentioned means of attainment should approach a wise preceptor, who confers emancipation from bondage;
[Truth of one's own self— This is simply putting the statement of the previous Sloka in another way, for we are the Atman in reality, though ignorance has veiled the truth from us. Above-mentioned — at it occurs in Slokas 19 and 31.]
Sloka #33
- श्रोत्रियोऽवृजिनोऽकामहतो यो ब्रह्मवित्तमः ।
- ब्रह्मण्युपरतः शान्तो निरिन्धन इवानलः ।
- अहेतुकदयासिन्धुर्बन्धुरानमतां सताम् ॥३३॥
Translation
33. Who is versed in the Vedas, sinless, unsmitten by desire and a knower of Brahman par excellence, who has withdrawn himself into Brahman, calm, like fire that has consumed its fuel, who is a boundless reservoir of
