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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
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perceive. Only in our ignorance we fail to grasp the real nature of the
thing experienced (the Atman) and call it by various names. So our
egoism, our intellect, and all mental states are manifestations of the Atman
alone.]
घटोदके बिम्बितमर्कबिम्ब-
मालोक्य मूढो रविमेव मन्यते ।
तथा चिदाभासमपाघिसंस्थं
भ्रान्त्याहमित्येव जडोऽभिमन्यते ॥ २१८ ॥
218. Sceing the reflection of the sun mirrored in the
water of a jar, the fool thinks it is the sun itself. Similarly
the stupid man, through delusion, identifies himself with
the reflection of the Citl caught in the buddhi, which is
Its superimposition.
[Cil - The ātman which is Knowledge-Absolute.]
घटं जलं तद्गतमर्कबिम्बं
विहाय सर्वं विनिरीक्ष्यतेऽङ्कः ।
तटस्थ एतत्त्रितयावभासक:
स्वयंप्रकाशो विदुपा यथा तथा ॥ २१९ ॥
219. Just as the wise man leaves aside the jar, the water
and the reflection of the sun in it, and sees the self-luminous
sun which illumines these three and is independent of
them.
[¹Independent etc.-These being merely its reflections, which serve
to suggest the real sun.]
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perceive. Only in our ignorance we fail to grasp the real nature of the
thing experienced (the Atman) and call it by various names. So our
egoism, our intellect, and all mental states are manifestations of the Atman
alone.]
घटोदके बिम्बितमर्कबिम्ब-
मालोक्य मूढो रविमेव मन्यते ।
तथा चिदाभासमपाघिसंस्थं
भ्रान्त्याहमित्येव जडोऽभिमन्यते ॥ २१८ ॥
218. Sceing the reflection of the sun mirrored in the
water of a jar, the fool thinks it is the sun itself. Similarly
the stupid man, through delusion, identifies himself with
the reflection of the Citl caught in the buddhi, which is
Its superimposition.
[Cil - The ātman which is Knowledge-Absolute.]
घटं जलं तद्गतमर्कबिम्बं
विहाय सर्वं विनिरीक्ष्यतेऽङ्कः ।
तटस्थ एतत्त्रितयावभासक:
स्वयंप्रकाशो विदुपा यथा तथा ॥ २१९ ॥
219. Just as the wise man leaves aside the jar, the water
and the reflection of the sun in it, and sees the self-luminous
sun which illumines these three and is independent of
them.
[¹Independent etc.-These being merely its reflections, which serve
to suggest the real sun.]