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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
 
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ज्ञात्वा स्वं प्रत्यगात्मानं बुद्धितद्वृत्तिसाक्षिणम् ।
सोऽहमित्येव सद्वृत्त्याऽनात्मन्यात्ममति जहि ॥ २६९ ॥
 
269. Realizing thy own Inmost Self, the Witness of the
buddhi and its modifications, and constantly revolving the
positive thought, "I am That", conquer this identification
with the non-Self.
 
लोकानुवर्तनं त्यक्त्वा त्यक्त्वा देहानुवर्तनम् ।
शास्त्रानुवर्तनं त्यक्त्वा स्वाध्यासापनयं कुरु ॥ २७० ॥
 
270. Relinquishing the observance of social formalities,
giving up all ideas of trimming up the body, and avoiding
too much engrossment with the scriptures, do away with
the superimposition that has come upon thyself.
 
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लोकवासनया जन्तोः शास्त्रवासनयापि च ।
देहवासनया ज्ञानं यथावन्नव जायते ॥ २७१ ॥
 
271. Owing to the desire to run after society, the passion
for too much study of the scriptures and the desire to keep
the body in good trim, people cannot attain to proper
realization.
 
संसारकारागृहमोक्षमिच्छो-
रयोमयं पादनिबन्धश्रृंखलम् ।
वदन्ति तज्ज्ञाः पटु वासनात्रयं
योऽस्माद्विमुक्तः समुपैति मुक्तिम् ॥ २७२ ॥
For one who seeks deliverance from the prison of
this world (Sansūra), those three desires have been desig-
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