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established in That, and "That" is their Supreme goal - these persons reach the place from where there is no return as their sins are destroyed by knowledge.- 17
विद्याविनयसम्पन्न ब्राहाणे गवि हस्तिनि ।
शुनि चैवश्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिन: ।। १८ ।।
Panditas - persons of self-realization look with an equal eye a learned Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, dog and an out caste.- 18 इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः । निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्बहाणि ते स्थिताः ॥ १९ ॥
Those whose minds rest in equality have conquered the cycle of birth and death even here in this life. Brahman who is spotless and equal to all is established in Supreme.-19 न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् । स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्बहाणि स्थितः ।। २० ।।
One who knows the Absolute is undeluded and has steady intellect. He is not overjoyed obtaining pleasant things nor is he troubled by unpleasant things. Such a person
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