Advaitha Lakshanam

ajñānametaddvaitākhyamadvaitaṃ śreyasāṃ param |

mama tvahamiti prajñāviyuktamiti kalpavat || 1 ||

avikāryanamākhyeyamadvaitamanubhūyate |

manovṛttimayaṃ dvaitamadvaitaṃ paramārthataḥ || 2 ||

manaso vṛttayastasmāddharmādharmanimittajāḥ |

nirodhavyāstannirodhedādvaitaṃ nopapadyate || 3 ||

manodṛṣṭamidaṃ sarvaṃ yatkiñcitsadarācaram |

manaso hyamanībhāveddvaitabhāvaṃ tadāpnoyāt || 4 ||

bahiḥ prajñāṃ sadotsṛjyāpyantaḥ prajñāṃ ca yo budhaḥ |

kayāpi prajñayopetaḥ prajñāvānitikathyate || 5 ||

karmaṇo bhāvanācīyaṃ sā brahmaparipanthinī |

karmabhāvanāyātulyaṃ vijñānamupajāyate || 6 ||

English Translation

Verse 1: This ignorance is called duality; non-duality is supreme among auspicious attainments. The mind conceives "I am this" and "this is mine" — such is the conditioned knowledge.

Verse 2: The unchanging, nameless non-duality is experienced. Duality, which is merely mental modification, is non-duality in the absolute sense.

Verse 3: From the mind's modifications arise dharma and duty, born from causes. That non-duality is not attained through mere restraint of these modifications.

Verse 4: Everything that is seen, moving and non-moving, is perceived by the mind. When the mind ceases its modifications, the state of non-duality is attained.

Verse 5: Who is wise, who abandons external consciousness and yet internal consciousness as well? Though endowed with some consciousness, he is called "conscious" (wise).

Verse 6: The cultivation of karma (action) is contrary to Brahman. Knowledge arises equal to the cultivation of karma.

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Notes

This text describes the nature of non-duality (Advaita) and how duality arises from mental modifications. It emphasizes that true non-duality is beyond mere mental restraint and represents the supreme truth.