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## 340
**Aaturpratyakhyanprakirnakam**
**Me:** External-external are non-self. They are objects of existence. All-all are complete. They are characterized by conjunction. The conjunction of non-self with self is conjunction, and conjunction is the characteristic of those who are perishable. In knowledge, vision, conduct, renunciation, restraint, and yoga, I am the self, because I die and am born as one, because one dies and is born, because one, being water-born, attains perfection, because all other objects of existence are external, characterized by conjunction, therefore, I am the only self, characterized by knowledge and vision, eternal.
**Aatur:** **Verse 28:** Now, why is the object of existence characterized by conjunction abandoned? To this, he says:
**Verse 49:** Conjunction is the cause, by the self, the chain of suffering is obtained. Therefore, I abandon all conjunctions with the three-fold body.
**Explanation:** Conjunction is the cause, by the self, the chain of suffering is obtained. Therefore, I abandon all conjunctions with the three-fold body (mind, speech, and body).
**Aatur:** **Verse 29:** Again, for the sake of abandoning bad conduct, he says:
**Verse 50:** The fundamental virtues and the secondary virtues, which are not practiced by me due to negligence, I condemn them all, I renounce them, and I will renounce them in the future.
**Explanation:** The fundamental virtues and the secondary virtues, which are not practiced by me due to negligence, I condemn them all, I renounce them, and I will renounce them in the future.