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सिद्धान्तबिन्दु
form 'I know' and not of the form 'I am knowledge.'
So how can this theory of non-duality stand ?
Answer: He says, 'No, because it is not dependent
on any other.' "The Infinite is that which is direct
and immediate' ( B.u. iii, 4, i). " The Infinite is truth,
knowledge, endless " ( T. u. ii, I, I ). "The Infinite is
knowledge and Bliss" (B.u. iii, 9, 28).
Because of these and such other statements of the
scripture, the Self is self-luminous knowledge and
Bliss. The idea, 'I know', arises from the superim-
position of identity with the mind and its function.
The meaning of the rest as well as the ideas of origi-
nation and destruction pertain to knowing, which is
a function of the mind only. Therefore, knowledge
which is pure awareness and so the locus of everything
else does not need another support. So there is no
lapsing into duality.
१९२• तेन ज्ञानसुखात्मक आत्मा सत्यः । तद्भिनं च सर्वं जगदसत्यमिति
सिद्धम् ॥ ९ ॥
192. Thus it is established that the Self is in essence
Knowledge and Bliss and only That is real and the
whole world, other than That, is unreal.
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१९३. ननु सर्वस्य जगतः तुच्छत्वे तत्रिषेधेनात्मतत्त्वप्रतिपत्तिः न स्यात् । न
हि शशविषणं निषिद्धयेत, क्वचित्प्रमितं क्वचित्रिषिद्धयत इति न्यायात् । तथा
च निषेधानुपपत्यैव न जगतः तुच्छत्वमिति नेत्याह,
न चैकं तदन्यद्वितीय कुतस्यात्
न वा केवलत्वं न चाकेवलत्वम् ।
न शून्यं न चाशून्यामद्वेतकत्वात्
कथं सर्ववेदान्तसिद्धं ब्रवीमि ॥९० ॥
एकत्व सङ्घयायोगि एकम् । तदपेक्षाबुद्धिजन्यद्वित्वसङ्घयायोगि द्वितीयम् ।
तत एकाभावे द्वितीयं कुतः स्यात् । द्वितीयं च तृतीयादी नामप्युपलक्षणम् ।
106
सिद्धान्तबिन्दु
form 'I know' and not of the form 'I am knowledge.'
So how can this theory of non-duality stand ?
Answer: He says, 'No, because it is not dependent
on any other.' "The Infinite is that which is direct
and immediate' ( B.u. iii, 4, i). " The Infinite is truth,
knowledge, endless " ( T. u. ii, I, I ). "The Infinite is
knowledge and Bliss" (B.u. iii, 9, 28).
Because of these and such other statements of the
scripture, the Self is self-luminous knowledge and
Bliss. The idea, 'I know', arises from the superim-
position of identity with the mind and its function.
The meaning of the rest as well as the ideas of origi-
nation and destruction pertain to knowing, which is
a function of the mind only. Therefore, knowledge
which is pure awareness and so the locus of everything
else does not need another support. So there is no
lapsing into duality.
१९२• तेन ज्ञानसुखात्मक आत्मा सत्यः । तद्भिनं च सर्वं जगदसत्यमिति
सिद्धम् ॥ ९ ॥
192. Thus it is established that the Self is in essence
Knowledge and Bliss and only That is real and the
whole world, other than That, is unreal.
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१९३. ननु सर्वस्य जगतः तुच्छत्वे तत्रिषेधेनात्मतत्त्वप्रतिपत्तिः न स्यात् । न
हि शशविषणं निषिद्धयेत, क्वचित्प्रमितं क्वचित्रिषिद्धयत इति न्यायात् । तथा
च निषेधानुपपत्यैव न जगतः तुच्छत्वमिति नेत्याह,
न चैकं तदन्यद्वितीय कुतस्यात्
न वा केवलत्वं न चाकेवलत्वम् ।
न शून्यं न चाशून्यामद्वेतकत्वात्
कथं सर्ववेदान्तसिद्धं ब्रवीमि ॥९० ॥
एकत्व सङ्घयायोगि एकम् । तदपेक्षाबुद्धिजन्यद्वित्वसङ्घयायोगि द्वितीयम् ।
तत एकाभावे द्वितीयं कुतः स्यात् । द्वितीयं च तृतीयादी नामप्युपलक्षणम् ।