Adi Sankara sought to relieve mankind from all the miseries that affect one and all. There are three kinds of miseries that human beings have to suffer in this world. In spiritual parlance these are described as Adyatmika, Adi Daivika and Adi Bhoutika. Adyatmika refers to the relation between the individual self and the Supreme Self. It is based on the truth that the individual self is a manifestation of the Supreme spirit. Adi Daivika refers to the miseries caused by fate and Adi Bhoutika to those sorrows caused by the material world and body. Adi Sankara’s effort is a cut above for, this acharya destroyed the rakshasa Avidya that is the root cause of all sorrow. Removal of ignorance results in self realisation which is the ultimate goal of the Jiva.