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VIVEKACŪDĀMANI
features (121)-suşupti, special state of karaṇaśarīra (122-123)- -all these are the anātmā (124-125).
V. PARAMAḤ KA ATMĀ (Sixth question)
Analysis of the 'tvam' padartha: What is the ātmā?
The self-existent, the eternal, the reference of 'I', witness of the three mental states, different from the five sheaths (127)-the witness (128)-pure intelligence (129)-all-pervasive and illumining all (130)-by the mere presence of which bodily organs are drawn to objects by wrong attachments (131)—that by which everything is known (132)—the inmost self of the sadhaka, beginningless, of the nature of plenary bliss, unchanging pure intelligence, in whose presence everything functions (133)-more about the atman (134137) exhortation to the śisya to realise "I am the ātman" (138).
A: KO NAMA BANDHAḤ (The first question)
What is bondage?-Identification of the atman with the anatman due to ajñāna (139-140).
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B. KATHAMEȘA AGATAḤ (The second question)
How did it arise?-It arose by (a) tamoguna concealing the effulgence of the atman; (b) rajoguņa causing its wrong identification with the body and its qualities (141-146).
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KATHAM PRATISTHA'SYA
(The third question)
How does it continue?-the tree of samsara (147)-continues as long as ajñāna persists and causes samsaric afflictions (148).
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KATHAM VIMOKSAḤ
(The fourth question)
How is mukti obtained?-not by crores of karmas, but only by vijñāna aided by the grace of Parameśvara (149)-karma not ruled
