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... bereft of any illusion!
The devoted pursuit of the three gems helps the jiva attain the original true form. The present form of the jiva is not its original form. It is an illusion on account of the grime of karma.
While describing the pure form of the atma, Srimadji is also telling us about the impure form. He also tells us about the need to abandon the impure form and to attain the pure original form. He also says that this is the method through which the path of moksa can be found -
आत्मा सत् चैतन्यमय, सर्वाभास रहित; जेथी केवळ पामिए, मोक्षपंथ ते त
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Here the characteristics of the atma have been described. Sat and chaitanya - these two characteristics are the pure state of the atma. Illusion is an impure form of the jiva, and the state without illusion is the pure state of the atma.
Sat means existence. That which has an eternal existence, which can never be destroyed, is sat. Asat has no creation and sat has no decadence. Gita also says
नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः
In this universe, that substance which has no existence will never be created anew, and that substance which is in existence can never be destroyed. Earlier in the Atmasiddhi Shastra, while establishing the eternity of the atma, Srimadji has expressed these very thoughts. The atma i.e. chetan - animate and the paramanu i.e jada - inanimate are both eternal in their fundamental form. The element of impermanence in them is their transformation. Transformation gets created as well as destroyed, but the substance itself remains permanent - eternal.
The atma too takes on many transformations such as gati, jati etc. They all get destroyed, but the atma in all of them remains
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