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Samadhi Shataka
137
Race or family is not the
cause of Moksha.
जातिदेहाश्रिता दृष्टा देह एवात्मनो भवाः न मुच्यते भवात् तस्मात ते ये जातिकृताग्रहाः ।।८८।।
One who hails from a particular family or race or caste is one's caste. But caste or race is a sign of the body and never that of the soul. To realise sout caste is not a means or comes in the way. Caste is a business of fate, it falls within the domaine of fate or luck while the self knowledge is a sing of sout itself Soul knowledge is not a subject to any caste or race, or it is not barred by any particular caste or race. Hence castism is an obstacle in the way of Moksha,
Sect is not the cause of Moksha.
जातिलिंगविकल्पेन येषां च समयाग्रहः । तेऽपि न प्राप्नुवन्त्येव परमं पदमात्मनः ।। ८९ ।।
Any particular sector. canon or religion is not the cause of Moksha. Moksha is an
