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Appendix IV : Śrimad's Ātma-siddhi śāstra
You know the pots and clothes and all, · Thus them believe but not the knower;
If pots and clothes exist big, small, Why not the soul with knowledge-power ? 55
परम बुद्धि कृश देहमां, स्थूळ देह मति अल्प ।
देह होय जो आतमा, घटे न आम विकल्प ॥५६॥ Parama buddhi krśa dehamāni, sthūla deha mati alpa; Deha hoya jo ātamā, ghațe na āma vikalpa. 56
Supreme in thought, though bodies thin, In fat, strong bodies no cleverness; This proves the body is the inn, And not the soul; there's no oneness. 56
जड चेतननो भिन्न छे, केवळ प्रगट स्वभाव ।
एकपणुं पामे नहीं, त्रणे काळ द्वयभाव ॥५७॥ Jada cetanano bhinna che, kevaļa pragata svablāva; Ekapaņuni pâme nahīni, trane kāla dvayabhāva. 57
The nature of the soul and matter, Is clearly quite different; Can never be of one character, See ages all: past, future, present. 57
आत्मानी शंका करे, आत्मा पोते आप ।
शंकानो करनार ते, अचरज एह अमाप ॥५८॥ Atmāni sarikā kare, ātmā pote āpa; Sarikāno karanāra te, acaraja eha amāpa. 58
O! one that doubts the soul's existence. He himself the soul must be; Without the doubter's obvious presence. Can there be doubt ? surprises me. 58
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