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કોટિ વર્ષનું સ્વપ્ન પણ, જાગ્રત થતાં શમાય; તેમ વિભાવ અનાદિનો, જ્ઞાન થતાં દૂર થાય.
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Koti Varshnun Swapna Pan, Jägrat Thatän Shamäy; Tem Vibhäv Anädino, Jnän Thatän Door Thäy.
Ätmasiddhi
As a dream lasting even millions of years subsides at the instance of waking; the delusion prevailing since infinity disappears with the advent of enlightenment.
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Explanation & Discussion:
The worldly soul has been staying, since time immemorial, with the false identity of the body. As explained earlier, that false identity arises out of ignorance of its own nature. The fact that the said ignorance persists, even though the soul is inherently knowledgeable, shows that the worldly soul does not realize its consciousness and therefore continues to look for happiness from the worldly life. Its indulgence in such a wrong mode is comparable to a dream in which one envisions unreal and imaginary situations.
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Sometimes a dream may seem to prevail for an inordinately long period. One can even fantasize to have passed millions of years. All such things seem to happen during a dream. But as soon as one awakes, the dream comes to an end, and with it ends everything that seemed to happen in that state.
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