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VIVEKACŪDĀMAŅI
 
regularly practises hearing, etc.,! succeeds in purging the
rajasika nature of the intellect.
 
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L'Hearing etc.-That is, hearing (from the lips of the Guru), reflec-
tion and meditation of the highest Vedāntic truth-the identity of the
Jiva and Brahman.]
 
मनोमयो नापि भवेत्परात्मा
ह्याद्यन्तवत्त्वात्परिणामिभावात् ।
दुःखात्मकत्वाद्विषयत्वहेतो-
र्द्रष्टा हि दृश्यात्मतया न दृष्टः ॥ १८३ ॥
 
183. The mental sheath also cannot be the Supreme
Self, because it has a beginning and an end, is subject to
modifications, is characterised by pain and suffering, and
is an object; whereas the subject can never be identified
with the objects of knowledge.
 
[LObject-Cognisable by the Self, which is the eternal subject.]
 
बुद्धिर्बुद्धीन्द्रियः सार्धं सवृत्तिः कर्तृलक्षणः ।
विज्ञानमयकोशः स्यात्पुंसः संसारकारणम् ॥ १८४ ॥
 
184. The buddhit with its modifications 2 and the organs
of knowledge, form the Vijnanamaya Kosa or knowledge
sheath, of the agent, having the characteristics which are
the cause of man's transmigration.
[Buddhi-The determinative faculty.
2012 Modifications-Such as egoism.
23Having etc.-Thinking, "I am the agent". ]
 
अनुव्रजच्चित्प्रतिबिम्बशक्ति-
विज्ञानसंज्ञः प्रकृतेविकारः ।
 
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