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First Fundamental-Existence of Soul
The identification of soul with the body is comparable to the mixture of milk and water. In that mixture, water and milk are homogenized and they seem to have assumed one form; they also look as one substance. Actually, however, it is a mixture of the two substances, which can be separated by resorting to the appropriate process.
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ભાસ્યો દેહાધ્યાસથી, આત્મા દેહ સમાન; પણ તે બન્ને ભિન્ન છે, જેમ અસિ ને મ્યાન.
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Bhäsyo Dehädhyästhi, Ätmä Deha Samän; Pan Te Banne Bhinna Chhe, Jem Asi Ne Myan.
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The soul seems the same as the body due to the illusory identification with the embodiment; both of them are, however, distinct and different like a sword and its sheath. (50)
Explanation & Discussion: This stanza once again states that soul and body seem identical only on account of false identification. That repetition is made in order to emphasize the difference between the two. But their separateness is here compared with a sword and a sheath. When a sword is within its sheath, it does not come to the notice and both of them look as one object, but no one can doubt the separate existence of the sword from its sheath. Similarly the soul, though it is not noticeable, is separate from the body. Moreover, as the sword occupies the entire space of the sheath, the soul stays within every part of the body.
The Adhyös pertaining to the body, which is called Dehädhyäs in these two stanzas, was discussed earlier. But
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