Vivekacüdamani, the Crest Jewel of Viveka, the ability to discriminate, analyse and abide in the supreme Reality, is one of the masterpieces by Bhagavān Adi Sankarācārya. The best of his prakarana-granthas, this text is in the form of questions asked by disciple and the a answers provided by the preceptor. Viveka is to discriminate between the Real and the unreal, Eternal and non-eternal, Brahman and the world.

The content is highly philosophical, that of Advaita-vedänta; yet the verses have intrinsic poetic qualities and a rhythm that make it easy to be memorised. Many figures of speech are scattered through the free- flowing mellifluous language of Śrī Ādi Śańkarācārya.

This book contains each verse of Vivekacüdāmaņi (1-581) with the original Sanskrit verse, anvaya (prose-order), vṛtta, word for word meaning with grammatical analysis, and free-flowing translation.