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ANNOTATION 32. The author of the Cūrni has explained the term 'Sole contemplation of the Inner Selft in terms of
'Sulitariness' and 'Separateness' as follows:
The soul indulges in actions, bears fruits, takes birth, dies and transmigrates, all in utter solitariness:
Ekah prakurute kar ma, bhunkte ekasca tatphalam.
Jaytyeko mriyatyeko, eko yati bhaväntaram, Separateness-oriented meditation means the soul is separate from the body.
The explanation of the above aphorism by the commentator (Vrttikara) is as follows:
'I' have always been solitary: 'I' belong to none else;
'I' behold no one whom I can say I belong to nor do I behold one whom I can designate as mine.
Sadaiko(a)hań na me kascit, näha manyasya kasyacit.. No tań paśyāmi yasyaham, nasau bhäviti yo mama.
The pith of worldliness is nothing but disaster. Who, whose and where are one's kith and kin? Who, whose and where are strangers? These kith and kin as well as strangers all go round in cycles of birth and death. At times, the kith and kin become strangers, and vice-versa. There comes a time when nobody remains as kith and kin and nobody a stranger.
Saṁsāra evāvamanarthasārah. Kah kasya ko(a)tra svajanāḥ paro vā. Sarve bhramantaḥ svajanāḥ pare ca, Bhavanti bhūtvā na bhavanti bhūyah.
Ponder thus: 'I am all alone. Nobody was mine in the past, nor will ever be in the future. It is because of my kar mas that I delude myself and consider others as mine. The truth is that I was alone in the past and will ever be all alone. !
(Ayāro, 5/59). Here the term 'Appânarn" stands for the state of soul in which it is overwhelmed by Ka saya (passions).
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