विवेक चूडामणि - दुःख

मस्तकन्यस्तभारादेर्दुःखमन्यैर्निवार्यते ।
क्षुधादिकृतदुःख तु विना स्वेन न केनचित् ॥

- विवेक चूडामणि

mastaka nyasta bhArAdeH duHkham anyaiH nivAryate ।
kShudAdi kRuta duHkham tu vinA svena na kenachit ॥

- viveka chUDAmaNi

If you are carrying a burden on your head, someone can help you by taking part of it. But there are some troubles - of hunger and mind that no one else can help you with. You have get through it by yourself.

- Viveka Chudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - इंद्रियाणि

शब्दादिभिः पंचभिरेव पंचपंचत्वमापुः स्वगुणेन बद्धाः ।
कुरंग मातंग पतंग मीन भृंगा नरः पंचभिरंचितः किम् ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

shabdAdibhiH panchabhiH eva pancha panchatvam ApuH svaguNena baddhAH ।
kuranga mAtanga patanga mIna bhRungA naraH panchabhiranchitaH kim ॥

- vivekachUDAmaNi

The five senses are sound, touch, sight, taste and smell. Animals that are slaves of any one of them often pay the price by their life. A deer follows the sound (of its calf) and becomes a prey. An elephant is enslaved by its vulnerability of touch behind the head. A moth is driven to the flame by its sight. A fish is baited by its longing for taste. A bee loses its life when it gets trapped in the lotus which attracted it by smell. What can now be told of a man who is driven by all the five senses?

- Vivekachudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - भुक्ति मुक्ति

वाग्वैखरि शब्दझरी शास्त्रव्याख्यानकौशलम् ।
वैदुष्यं विदुषां तद्वद् भुक्तये न तु मुक्तये ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

vak vaikhari shabda jhari shAstra vyAkhyAna kaushalam ।
vaidushyam vidhuShAm tadvad bhuktaye na tu muktaye ॥

- vivekachUDAmaNi

Being articulate, free flow of words, ability to explain intricacies of scriptures, knowledge of the scholars are all for enjoyment (mental gratification) not for salvation.

- Vivekachudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - मनुष्यत्वं

दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतद्दैवानुग्रहहेतुकम् ।
मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

durlabhaM trayam eva etat daivAnugraha hetukam ।
manuShyatvam mumukShutvam mahApuruSha samshrayaH ॥

- vivekachUDAmaNi

Getting these three together is matter of great luck and god's grace - human life, longing for salvation and kinship of virtuous people.

- Viveka Chudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - शब्दजाल

शब्दजालं महारण्यं चित्तभ्रमणकारणम् ।
अतः प्रयत्नाज्ज्ञातव्यं तत्त्वज्ञात्तत्त्वमात्मनः ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

shabdajAlaM mahAraNyaM citta bhramaNa kAraNam ।
ataH prayatnAt jnAtavyam tattvajnAt tattvam AtmanaH ॥

- vivekachUDAmaNi

Words are like a forest. Our mind gets lost wandering about it. Therefore one must guard against such possibility. For that, one has to study about inner conscience from a wise master.

- Vivekachudamani

विवेकचूडामणी - महापुरुषसंश्रयः

दुर्लभं त्रयमेवैतद्दैवानुग्रहहेतुकं ।
मनुष्यत्वं मुमुक्षुत्वं महापुरुषसंश्रयः ॥

- विवेकचूडामणी

A human birth, liberation from the cycle of re-birth and kinship of virtuous men - these three things are very hard to obtain. Only God can help you get them.

- Vivekachudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - कर्म

चित्तस्य शुद्धये कर्म न तु वस्तूपलब्धये ।
वस्तुसिद्धिविचारेण न किंचित् कर्मकोटिभिः ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

One must do actions with self satisfaction in mind - not with a spiritual goal. Spiritual goals are attained by contemplation and not by successful completion of crores of tasks.

- Viveka Chudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - मोक्ष

इतः कोन्वस्ति मूढात्मा यस्तु स्वार्थे प्रमाद्यति ।
दुर्लभं मानुषं देहं प्राप्य तत्रापि पौरुषम् ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

He is indeed a fool who does not contemplate on salvation in spite of obtaining a human birth (especially being a man).

- Viveka Chudamani

विवेकचूडामणि - विचारेण

अर्थस्य निश्चयो दृष्टो विचारेण हितोक्तितः ।
न स्नानेन न दानेन प्राणायामशतेन वा ॥

- विवेकचूडामणि

It only when one deliberates on wise sayings that his belief consolidates into a conviction. Not by reciting the same thing over and over again after taking bath, or by resorting to charity or doing rhythmic breathing hundred times. Practice is much better than recital.

- Viveka Chudamani