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Vivekachudamani 1.269

1.269 Guru to Disciple

ज्ञात्वा स्वं प्रत्यगात्मानं बुद्धितद्वृत्तिसाक्षिणम् । सोऽहमित्येव सद्वृत्त्यानात्मन्यात्ममतिं जहि ॥

jñātvā svaṃ pratyagātmānaṃ buddhitadvṛttisākṣiṇam | so'hamityeva sadvṛttyānātmanyātmamatiṃ jahi ||

Knowing yourself as the inner Self, the witness of the intellect and its movements, give up, through the true thought 'I am that', the notion of selfhood in what is not the Self.

अपने को बुद्धि और उसकी वृत्तियों का साक्षी, प्रत्यगात्मा जानकर, 'वह मैं हूँ' इस सद्वृत्ति से अनात्म में आत्मबुद्धि को त्याग दो।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

You can watch your own thoughts. Whatever you can watch is not the watcher. Remembering this can give some distance from anxious or harsh thoughts about yourself.

तुम अपने विचारों को देख सकते हो। जो देखा जा सकता है, वह देखने वाला नहीं है। यह याद रखना चिंताजनक या कठोर आत्म-विचारों से कुछ दूरी दे सकता है।

The guru tells the disciple to know himself as the inner witness of the intellect and its states, and drop the sense of self in what is not the Self.

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