||om tat sat ||

Viveka Chudamani Slokas विवेक 224- 225 

Master saying, - ‘विज्ञाय सम्यक् निजरूपमेतत् पुमान् विपाप्मा विरजो विमृत्युः’, that one knowing the true nature of Self, would be free of Sin, free from blemish and death, thus elaborates on the benefits of knowing Self.

Now again here Guru elaborates on the benefits.  

Sloka 224

विशोक आनंद घनो  विपश्चित्

स्वयं कुतश्चिन्नबिभेति कश्चित्।

नान्योस्ति पंथा भवबंधमुक्तेः

विना स्वतत्त्वावगमं मुमुक्षो॥

विशोक आनंद घनो विपश्चित् - 

Sage who knows will be free of sorrows and attains the form of bliss.

That the one who knows the true nature of Self, will be free from Sin, blemishes of Gunas, and death, - is what we heard in the previous Sloka. If one is free from Sin and the blemishes etc, he will be free of sorrow. Being free from sorrow and free of bondages, one attains happiness (आनंद) not because of merits of the past, but because of being free from attachments etc. That happiness generated inside is the bliss.

  

स्वयं कुतश्चिन् नबिभेति कश्चित् -

will not be afraid of anyone.

In Gita we hear that one involved in Nishkama karma will be free of fear. Similar is the case here. Being free of attachments, the one who knows the true nature of Self is free from fear. So, he will not be afraid of anyone. 

नान्योस्ति पंथा भवबंधमुक्तेः

there is no other way to be free of ocean of Samsara.

Knowing the true nature of Self, one becomes free of attachments, free of blemishes of Gunas; Reverse the logic being free of attachments and blemishes of Gunas, one realizes the true nature of Self - that is being free of the ocean of Samsara. Indeed, that is the only way to be free of the ocean of Samsara. 

विना स्वतत्त्वावगमं मुमुक्षो

without the seeker knowing his own true Self.

Summary of 224th Sloka 

Sage who knows (the true form of Self) will be free of sorrows, attains the form of bliss, and   will not be afraid of anyone. There is no other way to be free of ocean of Samsara, without the seeker knowing his own true Self.

Thus, gist of this Sloka, in line with the earlier Sloka, is that to be free of the cycle of Samsara, there is no other way than knowing the true from Self.

Sloka 225

ब्रह्मा भिन्नत्वविज्ञानं

 भवमोक्षस्य  कारणम् |

येनाद्वितीयमानंदम्

ब्रह्म संपद्यते बुधैः॥

ब्रह्मा भिन्नत्वविज्ञानं-

that knowledge of being not different from Brahman 

भवमोक्षस्य  कारणम् 

is the reason for being free from transmigratory life (Samsara)

How is that knowledge of being not different from Brahman.

येन अद्वितीयमानंदम्

by which bliss without a second

that knowledge of being not different from Brahman provides a bliss without a second.

What else one gets?

ब्रह्म संपद्यते बुधैः

Supreme Brahman is attained by the wise

With that knowledge of being not different from Brahman, Supreme Brahman is attained by the wise.

Thus, the Summary of Sloka 225:

that knowledge of being not different from Brahman, is also the reason for being free from transmigratory                    life (Samsara).

That knowledge of being not different from Brahman provides a bliss without a second; With that knowledge of being not different from Brahman, Supreme Brahman is attained by the wise.

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि  echoes the line that one is not different from Brahman. This is known to the one who realizes the true nature of Self.

So, to say firmly, अहं ब्रह्मास्मि, one must understand the true nature of Self.

||ओम् तत् सत्॥