This is Part 6 of a series of lectures given by Swami Sarvapriyananda on the text, Vakya Vritti.Vakya Vritti is a text of fifty-two Sanskrit slokas attributed to Adi Shankara and is in the form of a dialogue between an eager student and an enlightened teacher. The text concerns itself with the detailed and elaborate explanation of two Mahāvākyas – aham brahmāsmi and tat tvam asi which are intended to give a direct perception of Brahman.

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