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sees all the three worlds as nothing but brahman."26
$3.4 On the other side of the intensity seen here is an uncompromising expectation regarding what an ideal sensual experience should be like :
agre gitam, sarasa-kavayaḥ pärśvato dākṣiṇātyāḥ, prşthe lilā-valaya-raạitam cămara-grāhininām / yady asty evam kuru bhava-rasāsvādane lampațatvan, no cec, cetaḥ, praviša sahasā nirvikalpe samādhau 1l 183 // “A song is going on in the front.
On the sides are seated southern poets, masters of literary effect.
At the back are heard the jingling bracelets of the fanning maids.
If it is a set-up like this, go ahead and enjoy the delights of the world ! But if not, o my mind, plunge at once into a uniform state of meditation."27
$3.5 Now, what could be the nature of the psychological association with saņagāra of a man who is so clearly conscious of the two diametrically opposite forces working on his mind and who is so honest, open, articulate, and intense in speaking about them ? I think we could learn something valuable about him and his society if we catch him unawares -- while he is struglling with something so fundamental to his existence and is unaware that we are observing him not for his message but what the carriers of his message are. The process would be similar to what good researchers de in determining authorship on the basis of stylistic-statistical considerations. In such studies. what really matter are not
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