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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
अतीव सूक्ष्मं परमात्मतत्त्वं
न स्थूलदृष्ट्या प्रतिपत्तुमर्हति ।
समाधिनात्यन्त सुसूक्ष्मवृत्त्या
ज्ञातव्यमायँरतिशुद्धबुद्धिभिः ॥ ३६० ॥
360. The truth of the Paramātman is extremely subtle,
and cannot be reached by the gross outgoing tendency of
the mind. It is only accessible to noble souls with perfectly
pure minds, by means of Samadhi brought on by an extra-
ordinary fineness of the mental state.
यथा सुवर्णं पटुपाकशोधितं
त्यक्ता मलं स्वात्मगुणं समृच्छति ।
तथा मनः सत्त्वरजस्तमोमलं
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ध्यानेन सन्त्यज्य समेति तत्त्वम् ॥ ३६१ ॥
361. As gold purified by thorough heating on the fire
gives up its impurities and attains to its own lustre, so the
mind, through meditation, gives up its impuritics of Sattva,
Rajas, and Tamas, and attains to the reality of Brahman.
137
निरन्तराभ्यासवशात्तदित्थं
पक्वं मनो ब्रह्मणि लीयते यदा ।
तदा समाधि: सविकल्पवर्जितः
.
स्वतोऽवयानन्दरसानुभावकः ॥ ३६२ ॥
362. When the mind, thus purified by constant prac-
tice, is merged in Brahman, then Samadhi passes on from
the Savikalpa to the Nirvikalpa stage, and leads directly
अतीव सूक्ष्मं परमात्मतत्त्वं
न स्थूलदृष्ट्या प्रतिपत्तुमर्हति ।
समाधिनात्यन्त सुसूक्ष्मवृत्त्या
ज्ञातव्यमायँरतिशुद्धबुद्धिभिः ॥ ३६० ॥
360. The truth of the Paramātman is extremely subtle,
and cannot be reached by the gross outgoing tendency of
the mind. It is only accessible to noble souls with perfectly
pure minds, by means of Samadhi brought on by an extra-
ordinary fineness of the mental state.
यथा सुवर्णं पटुपाकशोधितं
त्यक्ता मलं स्वात्मगुणं समृच्छति ।
तथा मनः सत्त्वरजस्तमोमलं
10
ध्यानेन सन्त्यज्य समेति तत्त्वम् ॥ ३६१ ॥
361. As gold purified by thorough heating on the fire
gives up its impurities and attains to its own lustre, so the
mind, through meditation, gives up its impuritics of Sattva,
Rajas, and Tamas, and attains to the reality of Brahman.
137
निरन्तराभ्यासवशात्तदित्थं
पक्वं मनो ब्रह्मणि लीयते यदा ।
तदा समाधि: सविकल्पवर्जितः
.
स्वतोऽवयानन्दरसानुभावकः ॥ ३६२ ॥
362. When the mind, thus purified by constant prac-
tice, is merged in Brahman, then Samadhi passes on from
the Savikalpa to the Nirvikalpa stage, and leads directly