Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Vivekachudamani - Post 95


Verse 90


सर्वापि बाह्यसंसारः पुरुषस्य यदाश्रयः ।

विद्धि देहमिदं स्थूलं गृहवद्गृहमेधिनः ॥ ९0 ॥

sarvāpi bāhyasaṃsāraḥ puruṣasya yadāśrayaḥ |
viddhi dehamidaṃ sthūlaṃ gṛhavadgṛhamedhinaḥ || 90 ||

90. Know this gross body to be like a house to the householder, on which rests man’s entire dealing with the external world. 


Verse 91


स्थूलस्य संभवजरामरणानि धर्माः
स्थौल्यादयो बहुविधाः शिशुताद्यवस्थाः ।
वर्णाश्रमादिनियमा बहुधामयाः स्युः
पूजावमानबहुमानमुखा विशेषाः ॥ ९१ ॥

sthūlasya saṃbhavajarāmaraṇāni dharmāḥ
sthaulyādayo bahuvidhāḥ śiśutādyavasthāḥ |
varṇāśramādiniyamā bahudhāmayāḥ syuḥ
pūjāvamānabahumānamukhā viśeṣāḥ || 91 ||

 

91. Birth, decay and death are the various characteristics of the gross body, as also stoutness etc., childhood etc., are its different conditions; it has got various restrictions regarding castes and orders of life; it is subject to various diseases, and meets with different kinds of treatment, such as worship, insult and high honours. 


 




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