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think of himself as also full of diversity; but with the removal of these he is again his own Self, the immutable. Therefore the wise man should ever devote himself to the practice of Nirvikalpa Samâdhi, for the dissolution of the Upâdhis.
VIVEKACHUDAMANI
[ 1Removal &c.-Before a rose the crystal also looks red, but when the rose is removed, it is again transparent. ]
सति सक्तो नरो याति सद्भावं ह्येकनिष्ठया ।
कीटको भ्रमरं ध्यायन् भ्रमरत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ३५८ ॥
358. The man who is attached to the Real becomes Real, through his one-pointed devotion. 'Just as the cockroach' thinking intently on the Bhramara is transformed into a Bhramara.
[1Cockroach &c.-The reference is to the popular belief that the cockroach, through fright, does actually turn green when caught by the worm known as Bhramarakita. ]
क्रियान्तरासक्तिमपास्य कीटको
ध्यायन्नलित्वं ह्यलिभावमृच्छति ।
तथैव योगी परमात्ममत्त्वं
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359. Just as the cockroach, giving up the attachment for all other actions, thinks intently on the Bhramara and becomes transformed into that worm, exactly in the same manner the Yogin,
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