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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
[In this and the next few Slokas the necessity of direct realisation is emphasised as the only means of removing Ignorance.]
मस्तक न्यस्तमारादेर्दुःखमन्यैनिवार्यते ।
क्षुधादिकृतदुःखं तु विना स्वेन न केनचित् ॥ ५२ ॥
52. The trouble such as that caused by a load on the head can be removed by others, but none but one's own self can put a stop to the pain which is caused by hunger and the like.
पथ्यमौषधसेवा च क्रियते येन रोगिणा । आरोग्यसिद्धिर्दृष्टाऽस्य नान्यानुष्ठितकर्मणा ॥ ५३ ॥
53. The patient who takes (the proper) diet and medicine is alone seen to recover completely, —not through work done by others.
वस्तुस्वरूपं स्फुटबोधचक्षुषा स्वेनैव वेद्यं न तु पण्डितेन ।
चन्द्रस्वरूपं निजचक्षुषैव
ज्ञातव्वमन्यैरवगम्यते किम् ॥ ५४ ॥
54. The true nature of things is to be known personally, through the eye of clear illumination, and not through a sage: what the moon exactly is, is to be known with one's own eyes ; can others .make him know it?
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