||om tat sat ||

Viveka Chudamani Slokas 228- 229 

That spiritual enquiry took a turn to focus on Brahman in Slokas 226-227.  So, in Slokas 228-229 the focus continues to be Brahman. 

Now Slokas 228-229:

सदिदं परमाद्वैतम् 

स्व स्मात् अन्यस्य वस्तुनो अभावात्।

न ह्यन्यदस्ति किंचित् सम्यक्

परतत्त्व बोध सुदशायाम् ||228||

यदिदं सकलं विश्वम्

नानारूपं प्रतीतमज्ञानात्।

तत् सर्वं ब्रह्मैव

प्रत्यस्ताशेषभावना दोषम् ||229||

Sloka 228:

सदिदं परमाद्वैतम् 

स्व स्मात् अन्यस्य वस्तुनो अभावात्।

न ह्यन्यदस्ति किंचित् सम्यक्

परतत्त्व बोध सुदशायाम् ||228||

सदिदं परमाद्वैतम् -

सत् इदं परमाद्वैतम्-

This absolute oneness is real without a second. 

This Brahman is real and without a second. 

स्व स्मात् अन्यस्य वस्तुनो अभावात् - 

since there is nothing other than Self,

(it is the one without a second)

This absolute oneness is real without a second since there is nothing other than Self. 

सम्यक् परतत्त्वबोध सुदशायाम्  -  

in the state of realization of Supreme truth. 

न ह्यन्यदस्ति किंचित् सम्यक्-

न हि अन्यत् अस्ति किंचित् सम्यक् -

indeed, there is nothing else. 

Indeed, in that state of realization of Supreme truth, there is nothing else.

Sloka summary:

This absolute oneness is real. since there is nothing other than Self. In the state of realization of Supreme truth, indeed there is nothing else. 

While saying there is nothing other than Self, it goes without saying Self is none other than Brahman - following the Upanishad Mahavakya - अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि.

So, Brahman is without a second.

Sloka 229:

यदिदं सकलं विश्वम्

नानारूपं प्रतीतमज्ञानात्।

तत् सर्वं ब्रह्मैव

प्रत्यस्ताशेषभावना दोषम् ||229||

यदिदं सकलं विश्वम् -

All this world 

नानारूपं प्रतीतं अज्ञानात् -

appears as of different forms due to ignorance.

तत् सर्वं ब्रह्मैव

All of that is Brahman.

प्रत्यस्ताशेषभावना दोषम् 

प्रत्यस्त अशेष भावनादोषम्

free from the limitation of thoughts. 

Summary of Sloka 228

All this world appears as of different forms due to ignorance. All of that is Brahman alone which is free from all limitation of thoughts.

To illustrate that the concept of everything is a form of Brahman, the Vedantas quote the example of pot or pots made of clay. Pots of different types and different forms with different names, all of which are made of clay.

While one sees different forms with different names, all of them are made of clay and ultimately become clay only. All the names and forms are creations of our minds only. The only thing that remained constant and did not change is the clay, of which all these things are made of.

On a similar token all creations on earth are out of Brahman and ultimately become part of Brahman. 

||om tat sat||