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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
be the Atman and nothing else that we perceive. Only in our ignorance we fail to grasp the real nature of the thing experienced (the Atman ) and call it by various names. So, our egoism, our intellect, and all mental states are manifestations of the Atman and Atman alone.]
घटोदके विम्बितमर्कविम्ब
मालोक्य मूढो रविमेव मन्यते। तथा चिदाभासमुपाधिसंस्थं
भ्रान्त्याहमित्येव जडोऽभिमन्यते ॥ २१८ ॥ 218. Seeing the reflection of the sun mirrored in the water of a jar the fool thinks it is the sun itself. Similarly the stupid man, through delusion, identifies himself with the reflection of the Chit' caught in the Buddhi which is Its superimposition.
[ Chit-the Atman which is Knowledge Absolute.] घटं जलं तद्गतमर्कविम्ब
विहाय सर्व विनिरीक्ष्यतेऽर्कः । तटस्थ पतत्रितयावभासकः
स्वयंप्रकाशो विदुषा यथा तथा ॥ २१९ ॥ 219. Just as the wise man leaves aside the jar, the water and the reflection of the sun in it, and sees the self-luminous sun which illumines these three and is independent of them;
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