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Slokas 226-227 with meanings in English

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Viveka Chudamani Slokas 226-227


Slokas 224 and 225 essentially say, 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 (ఆనంద) not because of merits of the past, but because of being free from attachments etc. That happiness generated inside is the bliss.


Sloka 225 says 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.


Here, Guru is transitioning the discussion on Self, and realization of Self to identity with Brahman. 


That Jivatma is none other than Paramatma, and that both are same is akin to - man realizing that body centric ego is not the true Self, and the true Self is beyond all five sheaths. 


These are the lines we heard earlier.

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Now we go through Slokas 226and 227. 

Here Guru continues to talk about nondifference of Self and Brahman.


Sloka 226


బ్రహ్మభూతస్తు సంస్మృత్యై

 విద్వాన్నావర్తతే పునః |

విజ్ఞాతవ్య మతః సమ్యగ్

 బ్రహ్మభిన్నత్వమాత్మనః||


బ్రహ్మభూతస్తు సంస్మృత్యై

 విద్వాన్నావర్తతే పునః |


బ్రహ్మభూతస్తు విద్వాన్ - 

The learned one who realizes Brahman.


సంస్మృత్యై న పునః ఆవర్తతే|

Does not return to the worldly life of entanglements.


2 విజ్ఞాతవ్యమ్ అతః సమ్యగ్

 బ్రహ్మాభిన్నత్వమాత్మనః||


విజ్ఞాతవ్యమ్ అతః సమ్యగ్ - 

So that which is to be known (is)?


బ్రహ్మాభిన్నత్వమాత్మనః-

బ్రహ్మ అభిన్నతవం ఆత్మనః-

nondifference of Self and Brahman 


Sloka 226 Summary:


The learned one who realizes Brahman, does not return to the worldly life of entanglements. So that which is to be known is the non-difference of Self and Brahman 


The one who knows the true nature of Self attains Moksha or liberation. The one who knows true nature of Self also realizes the nondifference of Self from Brahman. Realizing Brahman, he attains Moksha too.


Sloka 227:


సత్యం జ్ఞానం అనన్తం బ్రహ్మ

విశుద్ధమ్ పరమ్ స్వతః సిద్ధమ్|

నిత్యానన్దైకరసమ్ ప్రత్యగ్

అభిన్నమ్ నిరన్తరమ్ జయతి||


బ్రహ్మ నిరంతరం జయతి - is the main theme of this Sloka.  బ్రహ్మ నిరంతరం జయతి means Brahman always triumphs.


What is the nature of this, 'always triumphant Brahman'? When we said Self and Brahman are one and the same, the nature of that Brahman too would be like that of Self. So, in the rest of the three lines of Sloka, we hear about the nature of Brahman which sounds like the nature of self.


Sloka 227 - nature of Brahman 


సత్యం జ్ఞానం అనన్తం - 

truth, knowledge, endless.


విశుద్ధమ్ పరమ్ స్వతః సిద్ధమ్ -

extremely pure, exquisite - the one without a second, Self-existing. 


నిత్యానన్దైకరసమ్ ప్రత్యగ్ అభిన్నమ్ -

Essence of absolute Bliss, not different from individual Self.


Summary of Sloka 227:

That Brahman is truth, knowledge, endless; extremely pure, exquisite - the one without a second, Self-existing; essence of absolute Bliss, not different from individual Self. 


There seem to be more repetition of words that have been highlighted many times in spiritual discourses. So, before we delve into more about Brahman, it is worthwhile to understand these words, to fix them in our mind, as we proceed in this discourse. So, we go through them one by one.


సత్యం - this is linked to సత్, which is reference to existence, that which exists at all times. That which remains the same always is Truth.  

  

జ్ఞానం - knowledge through which all other knowledge is known.  It is that knowledge which lights up every other thing. That knowledge too is time invariant.


అనన్తం -  Endless. So, it is without beginning too. It is eternal. 


విశుద్ధమ్ - pure , unblemished with presence of any other thing. 


పరమ్- Exquisite.  Without a second.


స్వతః సిద్ధమ్  -  It is known by itself; Self effulgent ;not caused by any other thing 


నిత్యానన్దైకరసమ్  - it is the essence of eternal Bliss. 


సత్యం జ్ఞానం అనంతమ్ బ్రహ్మ - Existence knowledge and Bliss is Brahman


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