||om tat sat ||

Viveka Chudamani slokas  274-275 :

In Sloka 271 it was said relinquishing the habit of following the world; relinquishing the habit of pandering to the body; relinquishing the habit of following literal words of scriptures; one must destroy the super-imposition of ignorance on the Self.

Clearly, the obstacles for realizing the self are these three, namely, the habit of following the world;  the habit of pandering to the body; the habit of following literal words of scriptures leading to running after fruits. These are to be destroyed !

So, the wise men say that the one who is free from these three obstacles which are sources of mental disturbance,  will atain true liberation

In Slokas 274 -275 Guru lays out a simile establishing that point.

That simile is about a sandalwood piece convered with contaminated smells due to water. Only when the contamination is fully rubbed off and the Sandal wood is free of that contamination , one can smell the celstial smells of that Sandalwood again. Similar is the case of a man caught in the web of the  past imprerssions, which too need to be scrubbed of.
 

Sloka 274:

जलादि संपर्कवशात् प्रभूत
दुर्गन्धधूतागरु दिव्य वासना।
संघर्षणेनैव विभाति सम्यक्
विभूयमाने सति बाह्य गन्धे॥

जलादि संपर्कवशात् -
due to contact with (contaminated) water etc
प्रभूतदुर्गन्धधूता -
hidden by too much stink;
अगरु दिव्य वासना -
the celstial smells of Sandal wood,

Master is talking about the celstial smells of Sandal wood, hidden by too much stink, due to prolonged contact with contaminated) water;

Those dirty smells can be got rid off only by scrubbing of the Sandle wood, to make it free of the same. Guru complete s that thought in the next line

2 संघर्षणेनैव विभाति सम्यक्
विभूयमाने सति बाह्य गन्धे।

that is ,
संघर्षणेन बाह्य गन्धे विभूयमाने सति एव सम्यक् विभाति ।

संघर्षणेन बाह्य गन्धे-
scrubbing the external smells

विभूयमाने सति एव -
thus removed

सम्यक् विभाति -
will shine (have the original celestial smell

Only after being scrubbed of all the dirty smells,  then the original celestial smells of Sandalwood can be enjoyed.

Summary of Sloka 274:

The celstial smells of Sandal wood, hidden by too much stink, due to prolonged contact with contaminated water, can be enjoyed,  only after being scrubbed of all the dirty smells.
 
In the earlier Slokas Guru stated that the past impressions stand in the way man attaining true liberation. Those are to be scrubbed off literally. 

The same point is made with the help of an example of a Sandal wood. Just as the dirt covering a Sandal woood has to be scrubbed off  to smell the celestials smells of the Sandal wood- similaly - the past impressions, which stand in the way of achieving true liberation, need to be scrubbed off the mind of the Jiva to focus on true self.

Guru completes the discussion of example in Sloka 275

Sloka  275:

अन्तःश्रितानन्त दुरन्त वासना
धूळी विलप्ता परमात्म वासन।
प्रज्ञाति संघर्षणतो विशुद्धा
प्रतीयते चन्दनगन्धवत् स्फुटा ।

अन्तःश्रितानन्त दुरन्त वासना -
deeply ingrained unending past impressions;

धूळी विलप्ता परमात्म वासन-
that are covering the fragrance of Supreme being( Self);

प्रज्ञाति संघर्षणतो विशुद्धा-
by continuous scrounging with knowledge;

प्रतीयते चन्दनगन्धवत् स्फुटा -
( fragrance of teh Self) shines clearly like the fragrance of the Sandalwood;

So, Matser is saying  that the fragrance of Supreme being covered by the deeply ingrained unending past impressions,
will be experienced, only by the continuous scrounging of the past impressions with knowledge; much like the celestial Sandalwood smells can be experienced only after is scrubbed off the dirsty smells covering the same.

Summary of Sloka 275 :

By continuous scrounging of the deeply ingrained unending past impressions with the knowledge, the fragrance of Supreme being( Self),  can be experienced clearly.


॥ओम् तत् सत्॥