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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
 
352. The wise man, discriminating thus the real and the
unreal, ascertaining the Truth through his illuminative
insight, and realizing his own Self which is Knowledge
Absolute, gets rid of the obstructions2 and directly attains
Peace.
 
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[1Truth-The identity of the Jiva and Brahman.
20bstructions-Mentioned in loka 347.]
 
अज्ञानहृदयग्रन्थॆनःशेषविलयस्तदा ।
समाधिनाऽविकल्पेन यदाऽद्वैतात्मदर्शनम् ॥ ३५३ ॥
 
353. When the ātman, the One without a second, is
realized by means of the Nirvikalpa Samadhi, then the
heart's knot of ignorance is totally destroyed.
 
त्वमहमिदमितीयं कल्पना बुद्धिदोषात्
प्रभवति परमात्मन्यद्वये निर्विशेषे ।
प्रविलसति समाधावस्य सर्वो विकल्पो
 
'विलयनमुपगच्छेद्वस्तुतत्त्वावधृत्या ॥ ३५४ ॥
 
354. Such imaginations as "thou", "I" or "this" take
place through the defects of the buddhi. But when the
Paramātman, the Absolute, the One without a second,
manifests Itself in Samadhi all such imaginations are dis-
solved for the aspirant, through the realization of the truth
of Brahman.
 
शान्तो दान्त: परमुपरत: क्षान्तियुक्तः समाधि
कुर्वन्नित्यं कलयति यतिः स्वस्य सर्वात्मभावम् ।