3.30 Satsang - 13 October 2023 - Anandashram Kanhangad
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 13/10/2023

65th shloka of vivekachudamani, 


आप्तोक्तिं खननं तथोपरिशिलाद्युत्कर्षणं स्वीकृतिं

निक्षेपः समपेक्षते नहि बहिः शब्दैस्तु निर्गच्छति ।

तद्वद्ब्रह्मविदोपदेशमननध्यानादिभिर्लभ्यते

मायाकार्यतिरोहितं स्वममलं तत्त्वं न दुर्युक्तिभिः ॥ ६५ ॥


āptoktiṃ khananaṃ tathopariśilādyutkarṣaṇaṃ svīkṛtiṃ

nikṣepaḥ samapekṣate nahi bahiḥ śabdaistu nirgacchati |

tadvadbrahmavidopadeśamananadhyānādibhirlabhyate

māyākāryatirohitaṃ svamamalaṃ tattvaṃ na duryuktibhiḥ || 65 ||


65. As a treasure hidden underground requires (for its extraction) competent instruction, excavation, the removal of stones and other such things lying above it and (finally) grasping, but never comes out by being (merely) called out by name, so the transparent Truth of the self, which is hidden by Maya and its effects, is to be attained through the instructions of a knower of Brahman, followed by reflection, meditation and so forth, but not through perverted arguments.



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To explain the 65th shloka of vivekachudamani, Swami Chinmayanandji used to narrate a story 


Two neighbours were close. One of them passed away. His sons went to the neighbour and told that they were penniless. The neighbour said that it is not true. His father had hidden treasure down underground in the house. They believed those words, dug at the said spot every night. They removed stones etc . At last they got the treasure. Similarly, trusting the words of the Guru, we must dive within, without tom toming , until we reach the treasure. 


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For those who have implicit faith , they do not need manana or contemplation. 


Nandanar did not need manana because he had implicit faith in the words of his Master who told that the Darshan of Chidambaram Shiva gives liberation. His only thought was to have Darshan of Shiva.


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Spirituality does not mean development of only one aspect of an individual.  There must be simultaneous evolution of emotional, intellectual, dynamic nature. 


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A person who was riding his bike very fast to go to bangalore from Calicut stopped his journey when he found a co traveller on the road missing. He found him almost dying because it was a drink and drive case. He took full responsibility to save his life but couldn't.  In this bike driver we find the full evolution of emotional, intellectual and dynamic nature 


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