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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
देहोऽहमित्येव जडस्य बुद्धि. देहे च जीवे विदुषस्त्वहंधीः । विवेकविज्ञानवतो महात्मनो
ब्रह्माहमित्येव मतिः सदात्मनि ॥ १६॥ 160. The stupid man thinks he is the body, the book-learned man identifies himself with the
mixture' of body and soul, while the sage possessed of realisation due to discrimination, looks upon the eternal Atman as his Self, and thinks, “I am Brahman".
[Three classes of people are distinguished in this Sloka, of whom the Advaitist is of course given the highest place.
___Mixture &c.-The average man thinks he is both body and soul acting in unison.]
अत्रात्मवुद्धि त्यज मूढबुद्धे
त्वङ्मांसमेदोऽस्थिपुरीषराशौ। सर्वात्मनि ब्रह्मणि निर्विकल्पे
कुरुष्व शान्तिं परमां भजस्व ॥ १६१॥ 161. O foolish one, cease to identify thyself with this bundle of skin, flesh, fat, bones and filth, and identify thyself instead with the Absolute Brahman, the Self of all, and thus attain to supreme Peace.
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