VivekacUDAmaNi
English translation of commentary by Sri Chandrashekara Bharati Mahaswamigal
Sri Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal ( the 34th pontiff) of the Sri Sharada Peetam wrote a sanskrit commentary on Vivekachudamani. You can read here the english translation of this great work, translated by Sri. P. Sanakaranarayanan. The original sanskrit version is being updated in this website. If you want to participate in this process please contact us. We thank the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for giving permission to place this translation in this site |
Table of Contents
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Topics
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I. Invocation
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1
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II. Introduction
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Value of human birth, and the
imperative to strive for mukti
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2 - 10
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AtmavicAra the only means to mukti
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11 - 32
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Approaching a Guru
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The disciple’s request to the
Guru and the seven questions
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50 - 70
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III. Katham Vimoksah – How mukti is achieved?
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How mukti is achieved?
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IV. Ko’sAvanAtmA – What is this anAtmA?
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The sthUla sarIra
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The SukSma sarIra
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The kAraNa sarIra
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V. What is Atma?
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The self-existent, the eternal, the reference of ‘I’....
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More about the Atman
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VI. What is bondage?
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What is bondage?
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KathameSa Agathah – How did it
arise?
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Katham pratishthasya – How does
it continue
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VII. How is mukti obtained?
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How
is mukti obtained?
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Determination
of the Tvam padArtha
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The annamayakosha
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159 - 166
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The prANamayakosha
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The Manomayakosha
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The vijnAnamayakosha
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The AnandamayakoSa
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The siSya’s doubt and Guru’s reply
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214 - 226
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VIII. The Tat padArtha: Brahman
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Brahman, the real, the infinite,
the pure, the self-existent, ever blissful...
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227 - 238
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Final conclusion about the “tat”
padArtha
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239 - 242
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IX.
Tattvamasi
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After the analysis of two padArthas,
their identity established
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X. BrahmAtmanA samsthitih
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vAsanAs causing sense of karta
and bhokta may persist
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268 - 288
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Being a BrahmajniStha involves....
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289 - 298
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AhamkAra, the chief obstacle to
Brahman
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How to destroy this obstacle
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Warning to a BrahmaniStha
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322 - 338
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Description of the mukta
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Repetition of warning against
vikSepa-shakti
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Samyagdarshana: the conviction
that everything other than the Atman is mithyA
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The means to nirvikalpa-samAdhi,
the steps to it
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Restatement of what has been said
so far on AtmaniSthA
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Nature of Brahman reiterated
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BrahmAnubhava in samAdhi
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The relation of vairAgya, bodha
and uparati assessed
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420 - 425
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XI. JIvanmukti
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The jnAni and his incomparable
bliss
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426 – 445
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The effects of karmas on jivanmukta
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XII. Final Upadesha
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Final upadesha
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XIII. Conclusion
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The shiSya becomes an AtmaniSTha
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The JIvanmukta’s life
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Parting words of the Guru
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