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Atma-Siddhi
143
Seeing all with own sight, knowing all by itself, taking all kinds of forms, and experiencing all without any problem, are the characteristics of soul.
52 छे इंद्रिय प्रत्येकने, निजनिज विषयनुं ज्ञान । पांच इंद्रिना विषयगें, पण आत्माने भान।।५२।। स्वस्वविषये संज्ञानं प्रतीन्द्रियं विभाति भोः। परं तु तेषां सर्वेषां जागर्ति मानमात्मनि ।।५२।।
Each bodily sense has knowledge of only own faculty, but soul has the knowledge of all the sense faculties.
देह न जाणे तेहने, जाळे न इंद्रि प्राण। आत्मानी सत्ता वडे, तेह प्रवर्ते जाण ।।५३।। न तद् जानाति देहोऽयं नैव प्राणो न चेन्द्रियम्। सत्तया देहिनो देहे तत्प्रवृत्तिं निबोध रे ! ।।५३।।
This fact (about soul that it has knowledge of all the sense faculties) is neither known to the body, nor to the life force, and nor to the senses. Know, however, that soul supplies power to the body and thus enables the senses to engage in own faculties.
54 सर्व अवस्थाने विषे, न्यारो सदा जणाय । प्रगटरूप चैतन्यमय, ए ऐधाण सदाय ।।५४|| योऽवस्थासु समस्तासु ज्ञायते भेदभाक् सदा।। चेतनतामयः स्पष्टः स ह्यात्मा नान्यलक्षणः ।।५४।।
Soul appears different in all its different abodes and is always visibly conscious. This consciousness itself is soul; there is no other (distinguishing) characteristic of it.
55 घट, पट आदि जाण तुं, तेथी तेने मान। जाणनार ते मान नहीं, कहिये केर्बु ज्ञान ? ।।५५।।
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