||om tat sat ||

Vivekachudamani Slokas 262-263

Sloka 262:

निर्विकल्पकम् अनल्पमक्षरम्
यत् क्षराक्षर विलक्षणं परम्।
नित्यमव्ययसुखं निरंजनम्
ब्रह्म तत्त्वम् असि भावयात्मनि॥


1 निर्विकल्पकम् अनल्पं अक्षरम्:
without any changes, not small, impershable;

When the whole world is seen as a form of Brahman, how is it that Guru says that it is without changes. We see many forms with many names and and many charactrestics in our ignorance. When the ignorance is overcome , we realize that everything is Brahman. Nothing has changed with Brahman, only our understanding of reality dawned. Thus Brahman is without changes. In Vedas we hear it is the sky, it is the earth etc. That Brahman, associated with sky and earth,  is not small. We also know that Brahman has no begining and no end. With no begining and and end, it is infinite. Hence, that Brahman is not small. Guru said the same thing.

2 यत् क्षराक्षर विलक्षणं परम्।
That which is different from perishable and impreishable; and that which is Supreme;

"क्षर, अक्षर" are the words we hear in Gita ( 15th chapter), "द्वाविमौ पुरुषो लोके क्षराक्षरएवच। क्षरस्सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थो अक्षर उच्यते"; there are two beings in the world. One is perishable and other imperishable. Krishna says, there is a another (third). -"उत्तमपुरुषः अन्यः"- ;  The supreme Purusha is another - he is called Paramatman ; Here Guru refers to that Brahman, which is different from both persishable and imperishable.

3 नित्यं अव्ययसुखं निरंजनम्:
eternal, undiminished bliss, devoid of ignorance;

4 ब्रह्म तत्त्वम् असि भावयात्मनि

realize that Brahman is yourself, meditate on that in your mind

Sloka summary 262:

"That which is without any changes, which is not small, that which is impershable; that which is different from perishable and imperishable; and that which is Supreme ; that which is eternal, undiminished bliss, devoid of ignorance ; Realize that Brahman is yourself, meditate on that in your mind".

Sloka 263

यद्विभातिसत् अनेकथा भ्रमात्
नाम रूप गुण विक्रियात्मना ।
हेमवत् स्वयम् अविक्रयं तथा
ब्रह्म तत्त्वम् असि भावयात्मनि॥

यद्विभातिसत् अनेकथा भ्रमात् -
that one reality which appears as many due to delusion;

नाम रूप गुण विक्रियात्मना -
that which is with changes of different names, forms and charactrestics;

हेमवत् स्वयम् अविक्रयं तथा-
like gold itself unchanging ;

The same gold undergoes many changes of forms, appearing as wonderful ornaments in the hands of a gold smith, though all of that is the same gold. Brahman to appears in many forms though it is the same Brahman.

ब्रह्म तत्त्वम् असि भावयात्मनि-
Realize that Brahman is yourself, meditate on that in your mind

Summary of sloka 263:

That one reality which appears as many, with changes of different names, forms and charactrestics due to delusion ; like gold itself unchanging; Realize that Brahman is yourself, meditate on that in your mind.

Here Guru having established "that thou art", is elaborating on Brahman , telling the disciple to focus on that Brahmanin ihis mind.

॥om tat sat॥