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identity with those of the Guru, fail to collect the knowledge; and such unfortunate and ignorant Jivas are infatuated by body-love, tempted of bodily enjoyment and cannot even tolerate the idea of the separation and removal of their dear and favourite person; and therefore are afriad of death for they are under such imp. ression that the death of the body is the death of the soul; and this is absolutely wrong for the soul is eternal and never comes into the matrix or crucible of the death.
Why is the knowar not afraid
of death?
आत्मन्येवात्मधीरन्यां शरीरगतिमात्मनः । मन्यते निर्भयं त्यक्त्वा वस्त्रं वस्त्रांतरग्रहं ।। ७७ ।।
The seer whose verstility is fulfledged and evolved to its apex, has a noble vision and mental global evoledness with him, so he does not get wrongly impressed of the facts that death of the body is the death of the soul; he has a perfect knowledge of the soul, philosophy. he is fully cognizant of the fact that
