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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
357. Through the diversity of the supervening condi-
tions (Upādhis), a man is apt to think of himself as also
full of diversity; but with the removal of these he is again
his own Self, the immutable. Therefore the wise man
should ever devote himself to the practice of Nirvikalpa
Samadhi for the dissolution of the Upādhis.
[1Removal etc.- Before a rose the crystal also looks red, but when
the rose is removed, it is again transparent.]
सति सक्तो नरो याति सद्भावं ह्येकनिष्ठया ।
कीटको भ्रमरं ध्यायन्ं भ्रमरत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ३५८ ॥
358. The man who is attached to the Real becomes
Real, through his one-pointed devotion. Just as the cock-
roach¹ thinking intently on the Bhramara is transformed
into a Bhramara.
[ICockroach etc. - The reference is to the popular belief that the
cockroach, through fright, does actually turn green when caught by the
worm known as Bhramarakita.]
क्रियान्तरासक्तिमपास्य कीटको
ध्यायन्नलित्वं ह्यलिभावमृच्छति ।
तर्थव योगी परमात्मतत्त्वं
.
ध्यात्वा समायाति तदेकनिष्ठया ॥ ३५९ ॥
359. Just as the cockroach, giving up the attachment
to all other actions, thinks intently on the Bhramara and
becomes transformed into that worm, exactly in the same
manner the yogin, meditating on the truth of the Para-
matman, attains It through his one-pointed devotion
to That.
VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
357. Through the diversity of the supervening condi-
tions (Upādhis), a man is apt to think of himself as also
full of diversity; but with the removal of these he is again
his own Self, the immutable. Therefore the wise man
should ever devote himself to the practice of Nirvikalpa
Samadhi for the dissolution of the Upādhis.
[1Removal etc.- Before a rose the crystal also looks red, but when
the rose is removed, it is again transparent.]
सति सक्तो नरो याति सद्भावं ह्येकनिष्ठया ।
कीटको भ्रमरं ध्यायन्ं भ्रमरत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ३५८ ॥
358. The man who is attached to the Real becomes
Real, through his one-pointed devotion. Just as the cock-
roach¹ thinking intently on the Bhramara is transformed
into a Bhramara.
[ICockroach etc. - The reference is to the popular belief that the
cockroach, through fright, does actually turn green when caught by the
worm known as Bhramarakita.]
क्रियान्तरासक्तिमपास्य कीटको
ध्यायन्नलित्वं ह्यलिभावमृच्छति ।
तर्थव योगी परमात्मतत्त्वं
.
ध्यात्वा समायाति तदेकनिष्ठया ॥ ३५९ ॥
359. Just as the cockroach, giving up the attachment
to all other actions, thinks intently on the Bhramara and
becomes transformed into that worm, exactly in the same
manner the yogin, meditating on the truth of the Para-
matman, attains It through his one-pointed devotion
to That.