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VIVEKACHUDAMANI
206. This knowledge sheath (Vijnanamaya Kosha) that we have been speaking of, cannot be the Supreme Self for the following reasons-because it is subject to change,' because it is insentient, is a limited thing, an object of the senses, and is not constantly present: An unreal thing cannot indeed be taken for the real Atman.
[ 1 Subject to change- Whereas the Atman is changeless, Knowledge Absolute, unlimited, the eternal subject, and the universal substratum of all things. Just as the rope is the only reality with regard to the mistaken snake-idea, etc.)
आनन्दप्रतिबिम्बचुम्बिततनुर्वृत्तिस्तमोजृम्भिता स्यादानन्दमयः प्रियादिगुणकः स्वेष्टार्थलाभोदयः। पुण्यस्यानुभवे विभाति कृतिनामानन्दरूपः स्वयं सर्वो नन्दति यत्र साधु तनुभृन्मात्रः प्रयत्नं विना ॥ २०७॥
207. The blissful sheath (Anandamaya Kosha) is that modification of Nescience which manifests itself catching a reflection of the Atman which is Bliss Absolute; whose attributes are pleasure and the rest; and which appears in view when some object agreeable to oneself presents itself. It makes itself spontaneously felt to the fortunate during the fruition of their virtuous deeds; from which every corporeal being derives great joy without the least effort.
[ Modification &c.-The experience of the Sushupti state will be spoken of in the next Sloka as the typical
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