Enlightened Vision of the Self

Author(s): Akalankadev, Devendra K Goyal
Publisher: Radiant Publishers New Delhi

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SVARUPA SAMBODHANA
है । पूर्वापरीभूतं = पूर्वापरीभूत (जो ) ज्ञानम् - ज्ञान ( है ), सो= वही, अयम् = यह, आत्मा आत्मा ( है ), इति = ऐसा, कीर्तित: कहा गया है।
jnanad bhimno na nabhinno, bhinnabhinnah kathanacana. jnanam puruparibhutam, soyamatmeti kirtitah. (3)
That supreme Soul or Paramatma is different from knowledge, and at the same time it is also not different from knowledge. In a certain context, it is different from knowledge and under most circumstances it is not different from knowledge. Similarly, the Soul is identified with knowledge and it is also not identified with knowledge. In a certain context, it is identical with knowledge but otherwise it is also not identical with it.
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EXPLANATION
Soul is a substance, though permanent, but it is subject to variation. It has infinite attributes; out of which knowledge is one quality which we experience and by which we differentiate our Soul from other substances. That is the reason why the Soul is identified with this quality of knowledge. Moreover, this quality of knowledge or consciousness though always associated with the Soul, keeps on changing all the times. So the Soul cannot be identified by the knowledge of a particular moment. This makes knowledge different from the Soul. This explains the contextual reason why the Soul is not always considered to be different or identical with knowledge. It is only in a certain context that it is accepted as such.
प्रमेयत्वादिभिर्धर्मैरचिदात्मा चिदात्मकः ।
ज्ञान- दर्शनतस्तस्माच्चेतनाचेतनात्मकः ॥ 4 ॥
खण्डान्वयः प्रमेयत्वादिभिः धर्मैः प्रमेयत्वादि ( सामान्यगुणों ) धर्मों के कारण से, आत्मा=आत्मतत्त्व, अचित् = अचेतन ( कहा गया है) (और) ज्ञानदर्शनत:- ज्ञानदर्शन आदि (विशेष गुणों) के कारण से, चिदात्मक : = चेतनस्वरूप ( कहा गया है ), तस्मात् = इसलिए, चेतनाचेतनात्मक :- (पूर्वोक्त दोनों अपेक्षाओं से युगगत्) आत्मा चेतनाचेतनात्मक है।