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Samadhi Shataka
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Ignorant and his misunderstandings
अनन्तरज्ञः संघत्ते दृष्टिं पंगोर्यथाऽन्धके । <ìmą &fozárèsfy ducà agzie93: 118911
Here in this verse the simili of lame and blind has been used to explain the relation between soul and body. The blind can walk but cannot see, and the lame on the contrary can see but cannot walk; but the ignorant wrongly thinks the eyes of the lame are the eyes of the blind; and the fact that lame is carried on by the blind does not shade any light on and does not visualise the real picture. So accordingly ignorant is not fit for and is unable to distinguish between body and soul and therefore what the soul sees, knows, ignorant thinks the body or senses see are know, and owing to the coverage of ignorace and want of clear understanding he completely forgets that the body is totally material and inert and it cannot see or know.
