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The Guru can preach only, not give word. The soul's deliverance can be obtained by its own efforts and the indestructible bliss cannot be told in words. That is a self-realization obtained through sadhana. The ascetic preaches:
The annihilation from the roots, of the body, mana (mind) and speech binding one, is moksa (liberation). The imperishable bliss occurs in its pure form in moksa, after attaining which how is it possible to come in samsara here? You tell! - xxx The faith will obtain experience will definitely obtain, but not in the way, at the destination! And, the saint gets absorbed in the great silence... and like beholding unblinkingly the atmosphere
... the silent soil. (Page 486-488) These are some hints of the narrative, its poetical gravity, its spiritual dimensions of subject matter and of the inspiring spurts of philosophy and reflection. Apart from all this there is much other contextual and accidental in this epic. For example, the idioms
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