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APPENDIX 3
I am left a beggar,
ignorant. (2)
2. My real nature is like that of the Liberated Soul (Siddha): Infinite Power, Infinite Bliss, Infinite Intuition and Infinite Knowledge. But under the influence of expectations (aash) and desires, I have lost the enlightened vision and become a beggar, entirely ignorant.
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My nature is like that of the absolutely pious and pure Emancipated Soul (Siddha), who is the embodiment of Infinite Power, Infinite Bliss, Infinite Knowledge, and Infinite Intuition (Darshan). These attributes have been inherent in me since eternity, but under the influence of quite distinct foreign entities I have lost the attributes of knowledge, etc. and in their bankruptcy have become a beggar, wanting alien things.
सुख दुख दाता कोई न आन । मोह राग रुष दुख की खान ।। निजको निज पर को पर जान ।
फिर दुख का नहिं लेश निदान ।। ( 3 )
sukh dukh data koi na aan, moha raag rush dukh ki khan; nij ko nij par ko par jaan, phir nahi lesh dukh nidan. (3)
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None else bestows pain and pleasure, 'Love' and 'anger' are grief's treasure; "Self" from "non-self," I distinguish, And then there is no anguish. (3)
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3. None else bestows Happiness or Misery. My own delusion, attachment, and aversion are the source of anguish. Know the Self as the Self and the Non-Self as Non-Self. And then there is no cause for even the least distress.
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