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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
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324. As sedge, even if removed, does not stay away for a moment but covers the water again, so Mâyâ or Nescience also covers even a wise man if he is averse to meditation on the Self.
[ The sedge has to be prevented from closing in by means of a bamboo or some other thing. Meditation also is necessary to keep Nescience away. ]
लक्ष्यच्युत चेद्यदि चित्तमीषद्
बहिर्मुखं सन्निपतेत्ततस्ततः। प्रमादतः प्रच्युतकेलिकन्दुकः
सोपानपंक्तौ पतितो यथा तथा ॥ ३२५ ॥
325. If the mind ever so slightly strays from the Ideal' and becomes outgoing, then it goes down and down, just as a play-ball inadvertently dropped on the staircase bounds down from one step to another.
[ Ideal—Brahman. Cf. Mundaka II. ü. 3-4.
What a terrible and graphic warning to happy-golucky aspirants! ]
विषयेष्वाविशेच्चेतः संकल्पयति तद्गुणान् । सम्यक्संकल्पनात्कामः कामत्पुंसः प्रवर्तनम् ॥ ३२६ ॥
326. The mind that is attached to the senseobjects reflects on their qualities; from mature
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