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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
- यस्त्वयाद्य कृतः प्रश्नो वरीयाञ्छास्त्रविन्मतः ।
- सूत्रप्रायो निगूढार्थो ज्ञातव्यश्च मुमुक्षुभिः ॥६७॥
67. The question that you have asked to-day is excellent, approved by those versed in the Shastras, aphoristic, pregnant with meaning and fit to be known by the seekers after Liberation.
[Aphoristic—terse and pithy.]
- शृणुष्वावहितो विद्वन्यन्मया समुदीर्यते
- तदेतच्छ्रवणात्सद्यो भवबन्धाद्विमोक्ष्यसे ॥६८॥
68. Listen attentively, O learned one, to what I am going to say. By listening to it you shall be instantly free from the bondage of Samsara.
- मोक्षस्य हेतुः प्रथमो निगद्यते
- वैराग्यमत्यन्तमनित्यवस्तुषु ।
- ततः शमश्चापि दमस्तितिक्षा
- न्यासः प्रसक्ताखिलकर्मणां भृशम् ॥६९॥
69. The first step to Liberation is the extreme aversion to all perishable things, then follow calmness, self-control, forbearance, and the utter relinquishment of all work enjoined in the Scriptures.
[Aversion, calmness etc.— These four have been defined in Slokas 20—24. Cf. Sruti—शान्तो दान्त उपरतस्तितिक्षुः ।
