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I am the Soul
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Indeed, kevaljnana is unique – infinite and complete. At every moment all the substances and all the transitions of this world are reflected in it. The reflection of the transitions vanishes but kevaljnana will remain just as it was. Infinite as ever. It neither increases nor decreases by even an iota. That knowledge which has such completeness is kevaljnana.
The composers of the Upanishads, have offered a visualisation of the completeness of the Parabrahma, Paramatma which perfectly describes the infinite completeness of kevaljnana
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
It is whole. Even after the whole is removed from the whole, it remains whole. Even after the whole is multiplied with the whole it remains whole. That is the infinity of kevaljnana. It remains infinite even when all the infinite that is worthy of knowing in this world is reflected in it, and it remains infinite even after all the transitions of all that is worthy of knowing have vanished.
Let us salute such a unique and complete kevaljnana.
Here the pursuit that begins with mati-shruta ends with kevaljnana. Such a path of knowledge is the same at all times. Infinite utsarpini and avasarpini periods have passed but in all times the jiva has attained knowledge only in this sequence and only on this path. There is no other path. Therefore, Srimadji says -
आगळ ज्ञानी थई गया, वर्तमानमां होय,
engt ahtoo faruri, urf the ante .....898 All the sages belonging to the past, present and future, whether they were mati-shruta jnanis due to their incomplete knowledge or were kevaljnanis in view of their complete
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