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In plain words
For ever I offer the lotus of my heart at the lotus feet of the world-teacher, Sri Sankara Bhagavatpada, who shines as Siva himself. In his compassion he has laid open, in full, the heart of Vedanta’s meaning in this book, Vivekachudamani, so that those who long intensely for liberation may know themselves easily, without hardship, and reach immortality.
Word for word
I always offer the lotus of my heart at the lotus feet of the world-teacher, the venerable Sankara Bhagavatpada, who shines as the nature of Siva and who, through this treatise Vivekachudamani, has compassionately revealed in detail the heart of Vedanta's meaning so that those intensely qualified for liberation may easily know themselves and attain immortality without hardship.