ATMA BODHAM “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF” : Mantram - 57 - Swami Sri Adi Sankaracharya.
================================================================ Thursday, 04 Jan 2024 05:30. (68 Slogas in 9 Chapters) Chapter 8 Slogas - 54-67 (14 no.) “Revelling in FREEDOM” The BLISS of Realisation B. ATTRIBUTES OF BRAHMAN: (56-62) Slogam - 57: Method of Negation and Assertion ================================================================ Slogam - 57: Method of Negation and Assertion 1 Atad-vyaa-vritti roopena = By the process of negating what it is not; 2 vedaantaih lakshyate avyayam; = indicated in Vedanta as the Indestructible Substratum; 3 akhand-aanandam ekam yat = which is Indivisible, Blissful and One – 4 tat brahma iti ava-dhaarayet. = realize That to be Brahman. ================================================================ Again the oneness, the indivisibility, is stressed – this time with the inclusion of Bliss, the essential nature of the Self, and the process of negation by which we arrive at this oneness. The discussion of verse 56 brought an under