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( 29 :), of knowledge, and independent of all whatsoever.' :
228. And in that Knower there ever is renunciatory attitude to the enjoyment produced by the operation of Karmas). He entertains no desire for future and present (enjoyments).
229. The knower who has renounced attachment to all objects even when situated in the widst of all Karams is not soiled by the dirt of Karma, like gold in the midst of the wire.
230. But the ignorant, enamoured of all things, fallen in the midst of Karmas, is soiled by the dirt of Karma, like iron in the midst of the mire.
. 231. The root of opuntia (Naga Phani) the water of she elephant, ochre and lead, mixed and heated (irfurnace) by draught irom bellows becomes gold.
232. The Karmic matter is dirt. Ang attachment, etc., impure thought activities (are) the alloy: Right belief, know.. ledge, and conduce, know these to be the most purifying herbs..
233. Concentration is fire. The pursuits: of austerities vis said to be bellows. The soul is iron. They (the bellows) should be blown by eminent yogis...
234-235. The couch-fish may take in animate, inanimate and mixed objects, but the white colour of its shell can never become black. So, in the 'Knower also, his knowledge can never be transformed into attachment, though he may enjoy animate, inanimate, and objects of various kinds. .
236-237-238. When that very couch-fish giving up its white character becomes of black colour, then it gives up its white.. ness. So also the Knower, when he gives up his nature of (right) knowledge, and modifies (itsell) into wrong knowledge, then he becomes of the nature of wrong knowledge.
