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Vivekachudamani 1.384

1.384 Guru to Disciple

देहेन्द्रियप्राणमनोऽहमादिभिः । स्वाज्ञानकॢप्तैरखिलैरुपाधिभिः । विमुक्तमात्मानमखण्डरूपं । पूर्णं महाकाशमिवावलोकयेत् ॥

dehendriyaprāṇamano'hamādibhiḥ | svājñānakḷptairakhilairupādhibhiḥ | vimuktamātmānamakhaṇḍarūpaṃ | pūrṇaṃ mahākāśamivāvalokayet ||

One should see the Self as free of all adjuncts, body, senses, breath, mind, ego and the rest, which are imagined through one's own ignorance, as undivided and full, like the vast sky.

देह, इंद्रिय, प्राण, मन, अहंकार आदि, जो अपने ही अज्ञान से कल्पित हैं, उन सारी उपाधियों से मुक्त, अखंड और पूर्ण आत्मा को महाकाश की तरह देखना चाहिए।

'Not the body' is about identity, not neglect: keep caring for your health, food, sleep and treatment. Never to be read as a reason for self-harm or self-contempt; Tele-MANAS 14416.

'मैं शरीर नहीं हूँ' पहचान की बात है, उपेक्षा की नहीं: अपने स्वास्थ्य, भोजन, नींद और इलाज का ध्यान रखते रहें। इसे कभी आत्म-हानि या आत्म-घृणा का कारण न समझें; टेली-मानस 14416।

Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ

Like the sky, which is not changed by the clouds passing through it, your deepest self is not damaged by what the body and mind go through.

जैसे आकाश उसमें से गुज़रते बादलों से नहीं बदलता, वैसे ही शरीर और मन पर जो बीतता है उससे आपका गहनतम स्वरूप क्षतिग्रस्त नहीं होता।

The guru continues teaching the disciple in the Vivekachudamani (attributed to Shankaracharya): he says one should see the Self as free of all adjuncts (body, senses, breath, mind, ego) imagined through ignorance, undivided and full like the great sky.

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