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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
सर्वात्मकः सन्नपि वीक्षते स्वयं स्वतः पृथक्त्वेन मृदो घटानिव ॥ १६० ॥
190. Though the Self of everything that exists, this Atman, Itself assuming the limitations of the Buddhi1 and wrongly identifying Itself with this totally unreal entity, looks upon Itself as something different,2-like earthen jars from the clay of which they are made.
['Buddhi-here stands for the knowledge sheath.
As something different-as conditioned and bound, just as an ignorant man may consider earthen pots as something distinct from the clay of which they are made. The wise man knows that the difference is simply due to name and form, which are creations of the mind. ]
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ह्युपाधिधर्माननुभाति तद्गुणः । अयोविकारानविकारिवह्निव
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त्सदैकरूपोऽपि परः स्वभावात् ॥ १११ ॥
191. Owing to Its connection with the superimpositions, the Supreme Self, even though naturally perfect' and eternally unchanging, assumes the qualities of the superimpositions and appears to act just as they do,-like the changeless fire assuming the modifications of the iron which it turns red-hot.
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