Viveka Chudamani Slokas 394-396:

In the last three Slokas ( 391-393) Guru elaborated on Brahmam taking recourse to a simile.  Just as the wave, surf, whirlpool, bubbles etc.,are not different from water,  everything from the body to the ego is nothing but "chit". The Universe known mind and speech is all Brahman only. Only the ones drunk with wine of Maya talk about 'you' and 'I', as being different though in reality both are only a form of Brahman.

In Slokas 394-396 Guru continues in the same spirit. He compares  Brahman to space to highlight the limitlessness of Brahman which is like limitless space. Then says those who realize that, "I am brahman", should live in that state of Brahman with eternal Bliss.


Sloka  394:

आकाशवत् निर्मल निर्विकल्पम्
निःसीम निःस्पंदन निर्विकारम्।
अंतर्बहिः शून्यमनन्यम् अद्वयं
स्वयं परंब्रह्म किमस्ति बोध्यम्॥394॥

Brahman is without a second and and as such incomparable. Here through Guru compares it with space with an idea of explaining some specific aspects.So he starts Sloka comparing Brahman to Space. .

1 आकाशवत् निर्मल निर्विकल्पम्-
like space it is untainted and Absolute;

Brahman is pure like space. Just as space is not polluted by dirt etc, Brahman too is not distorted  by the ignorance.

2 निःसीम निःस्पंदन निर्विकारम्-
without limits, without motion and without modifications;


Just as space has no limits , without movement or modification, so too is Brahman.

3 अंतर्बहिः शून्यं अनन्यं अद्वयं-
it has neither inside or outside, non different and non dual without a second;

Like the sky,  Brahman  is without limits motionless and unchanging. it is without inside or outside. It is without a second. It is our own Self .   


4 स्वयं परंब्रह्म -
our own self the Supreme Brahman;
स्वतःसिद्धमैनदि (अदे) परब्रह्ममु;
   किमस्ति बोध्यम् -इक तॆलियदगिनदि एमि वुन्नदि?

Sloka summary 394:

The Supreme Brahman is pure like the sky, unchanging, infinite  and motionless; without inside or out side, always itself and non dual. What else is there to know about Brahman.


Sloka 395

वक्तव्यं किमुविद्यतेऽत्र बहुधा ब्रह्मैव जीवः स्वयम्
ब्रह्मैतत् जगदापराणु सकलं ब्रह्माद्वितीयं श्रुतेः।
ब्रह्मैवाहमिति प्रबुद्धमतयः संत्यक्तबाह्याः स्फुटम्
ब्रह्मीभूय वसन्ति सन्ततचिदानन्दात्मनेव धृवम्।

1 वक्तव्यं किमुविद्यतेऽत्र बहुधा ब्रह्मैव जीवः स्वयम्

  वक्तव्यं किमु विद्यते अत्र बहुधा -
  अत्र बहुधा वक्तव्यं किमु विद्यते - what more is there to say?


  ब्रह्मैव जीवः स्वयम् -
  The Jiva is none but Brahman;

Having spoken so much about Brahman - Guru says " whet else is there to say. The simplest truth is - The Jiva is none but Brahman;


2 ब्रह्मैतत् जगदापराणु सकलं ब्रह्माद्वितीयं श्रुतेः।

   ब्रह्मैतत् जगदापराणु सकलं-
   एतत् अपराणु सकलम् जगत् ब्रह्मः-
   upto the minute atom the universe is Brahman;
 
   ब्रह्माद्वितीयं श्रुतेः -
   Shrutis say Brahman is without a second;
 
  Everything including the the minute atom in the universe is Brahman;

  3 ब्रह्मैवाहमिति प्रबुद्ध मतयः संत्यक्तबाह्याः स्फुटम्

  ब्रह्मैवाहमिति प्रबुद्ध मतयः -
  "Brahman I am" say, the enlightened ones;


  संत्यक्त बाह्याः स्फुटम् -
  having renounced the outside world;
 
4 ब्रह्मीभूय वसन्ति सन्ततचिदानन्दात्मनेव धृवम्।

सन्ततचिदानन्दात्मनेव - with eternal knowledge and bliss


ब्रह्मीभूय वसन्ति  धृवम् -
They live with Brahman as the identity. That is certain;


The enlightened ones say  "I am Brahman I am"; Having renounced the outside world, they live the life of Brahman with eternal Bliss.Once one is able to renounce the outside, the bliss is certain.

Thses are words spoken with utter simplicity.


Sloka summary 395 :

What is there to say.The Jiva is itself Brahman only.The entire universe up to the minutest atom is Brahman. The Srutis declare that Brahman is without a second. Those who have realized the truth, " I am Brahman", giving up all external attachments always live experiencing Brahman with eternal Bliss. This is certain. 


Sloka 396

जहि मलयकोशे अहंधियोत्थापिताशां
प्रसभमनिलकल्पेलिंगदेहऽपि पश्चात्।
निगमगदित कीर्तिं नित्यमानन्दमूर्तिं
स्वयमति पंचीय ब्रह्मरूपेण तिष्ठ॥

1 जहि मलयकोशे अहंधिया उत्थापित आशां -
destroy the false hopes raised in this filthy gross body


2 प्रसभं अनिलकल्पे लिंगदेहऽपि पश्चात् -
with great persistence, (reject) the false hopes in the subtle body too;

That rejecting the gross and subtle body is the first step on the spiritual path to liberation. That has been stated and made known right from the beginning. Guru is simply highlighting the basic requirement on the path to freedom or liberation.

A rejection both gross and subtle leaves the Self with eternal bliss.


3 निगमगदित कीर्तिं नित्यमानन्दमूर्तिं -
eulogized by Shrutis as eternal personification of Bliss;
 


4. स्वयमति पंचीय ब्रह्मरूपेण तिष्ठ-
Having decided "I am that" stay in that spirit of Brahman;

Having decided that I am that Brahman , stay in the spirit of Brahmatva.

Sloka summary 396:

Destroy the desire aroused by the sense of I in the gross Body full( compacted by)  of filth.Then with great persistence destroy the desire aroused in the Subtle body too. Realizing your self as the ever Blissful, as stated by Shrutis, remain as Brahman.


॥ऒम् तत् सत् ॥
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