Vivekachudamani · Vivekacudamani
Vivekachudamani 78 meaning
vishayasha-mahapashad yo vimuktah sudustyajat
sa eva kalpate muktyai n-anyah shatshastravedy-api
विषयाशामहापाशाद्यो विमुक्तः सुदुस्त्यजात् ।
स एव कल्पते मुक्त्यै नान्यः षट्शास्त्रवेद्यपि ॥
Only one who is free from the great trap of craving for sense-pleasures, so hard to escape, is fit for liberation, and no one else, even if he has mastered all six philosophies.
What it means
Knowledge without inner freedom doesn't liberate. A scholar trapped by cravings is less free than a simple person who has let them go. Freedom is measured by what no longer pulls you.हिंदी में अर्थ
विषयों की आशा के बड़े जाल से, जिसे छोड़ना बहुत कठिन है, जो छूट गया, वही मुक्ति का अधिकारी है, कोई और नहीं, चाहे वह छहों दर्शन जानता हो।
भीतर की आज़ादी के बिना ज्ञान मुक्त नहीं करता। इच्छाओं में फँसा विद्वान उस सीधे-सादे व्यक्ति से कम आज़ाद है जिसने उन्हें छोड़ दिया।
Spoken by Adi Shankaracharya.
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