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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
 
नैवात्मापि प्राणमयो वायुविकारो
गन्ताऽऽगन्ता वायुवदन्तर्बहिरेषः ।
यस्मात्किञ्चित्क्वापि न वेत्तीष्टमनिष्टर
स्वं वान्यं वा किञ्चन नित्यं परतन्त्रः ॥ १६६ ॥
 
166. Neither is the vital sheath the Self-because it is
a modification of Väyu,¹ and like the air it enters² into and
comes out of the body, and because it never knows in the
least either its own weal and woe or those of others, being
eternally dependent on the Self.
 
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[1Vāyu-The Präpa-Vāyu or lifo-force is meant here. The word
commonly means air, which brings in the comparison in the next line.
2 Enters etc.-That is, as breath which is its gross manifestation.]
 
ज्ञानेन्द्रियाणि च मनश्च मनोमय: स्यात्
कोशो ममाहमिति वस्तुविकल्पहेतुः ।
संज्ञादिभेदकलनाकलितो बलीयां-
स्तत्पूर्वकोशमभिपूर्य विजृम्भते यः ॥ १६७ ॥
 
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167. The organst of knowledge together with the mind
form the mental sheath-the cause of the diversity of
things such as "I" and "mine". It is powerful and endued
with the faculty of creating differences of name etc. It
manifests itself as permeating the preceding, i.e. the vital
sheath.
 
[1Organs etc.-The brain centres which control sight, hearing, smell,
taste, and touch. See sloka 92.]