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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
[ Mahat-See note on Sloka 123.
2The rest-the grosser manifestations that proceed from Mahat.
3Five sheaths-See note on Sloka 125. ]
पतावुपाधी परजीवयोस्तयोः सम्यङ्गनिरासे न परो न जीवः ।
राज्यं नरेन्द्रस्य भटस्य खेटकस्तयोरपोहे न भटो न राजा ॥ २४४ ॥
244. These two are the superimpositions of the Isvara and the Jiva respectively, and when these are perfectly eliminated there is neither Isvara nor Jiva. A kingdom is the symbol of a king, and a shield of the soldier, and when these are taken away there is neither' king nor soldier.
['Neither &c.-He is only a man then. Similarly, if we take away omniscience, omnipotence, etc., from Isvara and the deficiencies of knowledge, power, etc., from the Jiva, only Brahman remains as the substance of both. ]
भात आदेश इति श्रुतिः स्वयं
निषेधति ब्रह्मणि कल्पितं द्वयम् ।
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श्रुतिप्रमाणानुगृहीतबोधा
'तयोर्निरासः करणीय एवं ॥ २४५ ॥
245. The Vedas' themselves in the words "Now then is the injunction," etc., repudiate the duality imagined in the Brahman. One must
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