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and knowledge spring from Me as much as their absence. I am not only the Vedas but also their knower as well as the author of Vedanta" - 15 द्राविमौ पुरुषो लोके क्षरश्चाक्षर एव च । क्षरः सर्वाणि भूतानि कूटस्थोऽक्षर उच्यते ॥ १६ ॥
"There are two eatagories of Purushas in this world namely Kshara (Perishable) and Akshaer (Imperishable) . All beings are Kshara But the Akshara is Kutastha unchanging)" 16 उत्तमः पुरुषस्त्वन्यः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः । यो लोकत्रयमाविश्य बिभर्त्यव्यय ईश्वरः ॥ १७ ॥ ___ "But the Supreme Purusha is another. He is the Highest Self. The in destructible Lord who prevailing the three worlds, sustains the same. "- 17
यस्मात्क्षरमतीतोऽहमक्षरादपि चोत्तमः । अतोऽस्मि लोके वेदे च प्रथित: पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ १८ ।।
"Because I transcend the perishable and am also higher than the imperishable I am declared by the Vedas and the whole world
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