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needs eliminate those two superimpositions by means of realisation supported by the authority of the Vedas.
PIVedas &c.-The reference is to the Brihadaranyaka Upa. II. iii. 6. ] नेदं नेदं कल्पितत्वान्न सत्यं
रज्जुद्रष्टव्यालवत्स्वप्नवश्च । इत्थं दृश्यं साधु युक्तया व्यपोह्य
शेयः पश्चादेकभावस्तयोर्यः ॥ २४६ ॥ 246. Neither this gross nor this subtle universe (is the Atman). Being imagined they are not real,-like the snake seen in the rope, and like dreams. Perfectly eliminating the objective world in this way by means of reasoning, one should next realise the oneness that underlies the Isvara and the Jiva.
ततस्तु तो लक्षणया सुलक्ष्यौ
तयोरखण्डैकरसत्वसिद्धये। नालं जहत्या न तथाऽजहत्या
किन्तूभयात्मिकयैव भाव्यम् ॥ २४७॥ 247. Hence those two terms (Isvara and Jiva) must be carefully considered through their implied meanings, so that their absolute identity may be established. Neither the method of total
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