Aid to Meditation – Vivekachudamani
jaati neeti kula gotra duuragam
naama ruupa guna dosha varjitam
desha kaala vishhayaativarti yadu
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
Beyond birth, creed, family and tribe, free from the distortion of attributes of name and appearance, transcending locality, time and objects, you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” – Brahman, which is far beyond caste, worldly wisdom, family and clan, devoid of name, form, qualities and defects, beyond time, space and objects of consciousness.
yat param sakala vaaga gocharam
gocharam vimala bodha chakshhushhah
shuddha chidghanamanaadi vastuyadu
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
That supreme Reality beyond the realm of anything that can be said, but the resort of the pure eye of understanding, the pure reality of Consciousness Awareness Mind, etc. you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman, which is supreme, beyond the range of all speech, but which may be known through the eye of pure wisdom. It is pure, absolute consciousness, the eternal substance.
shhadbhir uurmibhira yogi yogihridu
bhaavitam nakara Nairvibhaavitam
buddhya vedyamana vadyamastiyadu
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
That which is unaffected by the six afflictions (of aging, death, hunger, thirst, desire and ignorance), which is meditated on in the heart of the devotee, unrecognized by the senses, unknown by the intellect you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” – Brahman, which is untouched by the six human infirmities (hunger, thirst, greed, delusion, decay, death), it is realized in the heart of Yogis, it cannot be perceived by the senses, it is imperceptible by intellect or mind.
bhraanti kalpita jagat kalaashrayam
svaashrayamcha sadasad vilakshhanam
nishhkalam nirupamaana vaddhiyadu
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
That basis on which the mistakenly imagined world exists, itself dependent on nothing else, devoid of true and false, without parts, and without mental image you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman on which rests the world, created through ignorance, it (Brahman) is self-sustained, it is different from (relative) truth, and from untruth, indivisible, beyond mental representation.
janma vriddhi parinatya pakshhaya
vyaadhi naashana vihiinamavyayam
vishva srishhT yavavighaata kaaranam
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
That which is indestructible, free from birth, growth, development, decay, illness and death; which is the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of everything you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman, which is devoid of birth, growth, change, loss of substance, disease and death, indestructible, the cause of the evolution of the universe, its preservation and destruction.
asta bheda manapaasta lakshhanam
nistaranga jalaraashi nishchalam
nitya muktamavibhakta muurtiyadu
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
Free of parts, of an unchanging quality, undisturbed like a wave less sea, declared to be of an eternally indivisible nature you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman, which is the cessation of all differentiation, which never changes its nature and is as unmoved as a wave less ocean, eternally unconditioned and undivided.
ekameva sadaneka kaaranam
kaaranaantara niraasya kaaranam
kaarya kaaraNa vilakshhanam svayam
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
Itself One but the cause of the many, the supreme Cause which does away with all other causes, itself devoid of distinctions of “cause” and “effect” you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman, which is the one only reality, the cause of multiplicity, the cause that eliminates all other causes, different from the law of cause and effect.
nirvikalpaka manalpam akshharam
yat kshharaakshhara vilakshhanam param
nityamavyaya sukham niranjanam
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
Without modification, great and unending, the supreme Reality beyond destruction and indestructibility, the eternal unfading, unblemished, fulfilment you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman, which is without modification, very great, indestructible, the supreme, different from all destructible elements and the indestructible Logos, eternal, immutable bliss, and free from stain.
yadvibhaati sadanekadhaa bhramaat
naama ruupa guNa vikriyaatmanaat
hemavat svayamavikriyam sadaa
brahma tattvamasi bhaavayaatmani !
That Reality which manifests itself as the many through the illusions of names, shapes, attributes and changes, but which, like gold is always itself unchanged (in different objects) you are That, God himself. Meditate on the fact within yourself.
Realize that thou art “That” Brahman, that reality which manifests as many through the illusions of name, form, qualities, change, but is yet ever unchanged like gold (in jewelry).