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way of instructions or not that of memorising and reproducing it in the daily routine walk of life: it is on the contrary a matter of self-apprehension which is to be continuously and repeatedly rememorised, again and again intentionally longed and meditated, and on fulfilment of this process alone the soul sets stable itself and unmoved in the soul and enjoys there eternal bliss.
तथैव भावयेत् देहात् व्यावृत्तात्मानमात्मनि । यथा न पुनरात्मानं देहे स्वप्नेऽपि योजयेत् ।। ८२ ।।
In this verse, we are advised that though we have been successful in attaining the knowledge of self, one precaution is given us that once acquired this self-knowledge may not, owing to past impressions and Karmic force, disappear and we may not once again fall back and be not caught up by the worldly temptations; we should adore and maditate soul nature again and again and continuously. The unmoved and unfluctuating state, while dwelling in soul, can be conquered by the repeated and continuous meditation of the soui.
