Commentary on the Panchadasi : - Post-2. Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discourse -1. Chapter - 1: Tattva Viveka – Discrimination of Reality Slokam : 1 to 5. ------------------------------------------------------- The first two slokams of the First Chapter of the Panchadasi constitute a prayer to Swami Vidyaranya’s Guru. In all ancient texts, the Guru is offered a prayer first. This is a tradition which has been followed always, and the Panchadasi author also follows this respected tradition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Slokam-2. Tat pādāmbu ruha dvaṅdva sevā nimarla cetasām, sukha bodhāya tattvasya vivedo’yaṁ vidhīyate (2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now the author says he is engaging himself, in the first five chapters, in the description of an important subject called viveka, or di...