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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
 
[This iloka refers to the states, enumerated by Yüska. which
overtake every being, viz. birth, existence, development, maturity, decay.
and death. The Atman is above all change.]
 
प्रकृतिविकृतिभिन्नः शुद्धबोधस्वभावः
सदसदिदमशेषं भासयन्निर्विशेषः ।
विलसति परमात्मा जाग्रदादिष्ववस्था-
स्वहमहमिति साक्षात्साक्षिरूपेण बुद्धेः ॥ १३५ ॥
 
135. The Supreme Self, different from the Prakxtil
and its modifications, of the essence of Pure Knowledge,
and Absolute, directly manifests this entire gross and
subtle universe,2 in the waking and other states, as the
substratum of the persistent sense of egoism, and manifests
Itself as the Witness of the buddhi, the determinative
faculty.
 
[1Prakrti-The Mother of the entire manifested universe.
 
2Gross and subtle universe- The world of matter and thought.
 
3 Witness of the buddhi-All actions that we seem to be doing are
really done by the buddhi, while the Self ever stands aloof, the only
Absolute Entity.]
 
नियमितमनसामं त्वं स्वमात्मानमात्म-
न्ययमहमिति साक्षाद्विद्धि बुद्धिप्रसादात् ।
जनिमरणतरंगापारसंसारसिन्धुं
 
प्रतर भव कृतार्थो ब्रह्मरूपेण संस्थ: ॥ १३६ ॥
 
136. By means of a regulated mind and the purified
intellect (buddhi), realize directly thy own Self in the body
so as to identify thyself with It,' cross the boundless occan