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She considers it pure even when it becomes impure (dirty) or even when its excrement (dung) etc. are impure. ||19||
Even though the relationship with parents etc. is uncertain, it appears certain due to attachment. ||20||
Meaning: For those whose hearts are filled with strong delusion, even the uncertain relationship with parents, etc., appears certain due to attachment. ||20||
Each soul is different, each pudgala is also different. There is no connection, whoever sees this, sees. ||21||
Meaning: Each soul is different, each pudgala is different from the soul, and there is no connection between them, whoever sees this, sees (the seer). ||21||
Due to the delusion of ownership and selfhood, which is the cause of ego and attachment, they flee from the knowledge of difference, like snakes from the knowledge of a rope. ||22||
Meaning: Just as the delusion of a snake is destroyed by the knowledge of a rope, so too the delusion of ownership and selfhood, which is the cause of ego and attachment, is destroyed by the knowledge of difference. ||22||
The question "What is this?" arises in the face of the knowledge of the truth. Where can attachment stand when there is no connection? ||23||
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