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CHAPTER VI शुद्धं तु विनानन् शुद्धमेवात्मानं लभते जीवः ।
जानस्त्वशुद्धमशुद्धमेवात्मानं लभते ॥१८६॥ 186. The Self with the discriminative knowledge, by contemplating upon the pure Self, becomes himself pure. But the Self which contemplates upon the impure nature of the Self becomes himself impure.
COMMENTARY
Thus it is pointed out that the nature of the contemplating Self is determined by the nature of the contemplated ideal. Hence apprehension of the pure nature of the Self means samvara.
Next the method of apprehending in the pure Self is described.
अप्पाणं अप्पणो रुभिदूण दोसु पुण्णपावजोगेसु । दसणणाणम्हिट्टिदो इच्छाविरदो य अण्ण म्हि ॥१८७॥ appāņam appano rumbhidūņa dosu punnapāvajogesu damsanānamhitthido icchāvirado ya annamhi (187)
आत्मानमात्मना रुन्ध्वा द्वयोः पुण्यपापयोगयोः ।। दर्शनज्ञाने स्थितः इच्छाविरतश्चान्यस्मिन् ॥१८७॥ जो सव्वसंगमुक्को झायदि अप्पाणमप्पणो अप्पा ।
णवि कम्मं णोकम्मं चेदा चितेदि एयत्तं ॥१८८॥ jo savvasamgamukko jhayadi appanamappaņo appa nāvi kammam nokammam ceda cimtedi eyattam (188)
यः सर्वसङ्गमुक्तो ध्यायत्यात्मानमात्मनात्मा । नापि कर्म नोकर्म चेतयिता चिन्तयत्येकत्वम् ॥१८८॥ अप्पाणं झायंतो दंसणणाणमओ अणण्णमओ।
लहदि अचिरेण अप्पाणमेव सो कम्मणिम्मुक्कं॥१८६॥ appāaņam jhāyamto damsanarāṇamao anannamao lahadi acirena appānameva so kammanimmukkam (189)
आत्मानं ध्यायन् दर्शनज्ञानमयोऽनन्यमयः ।
लभतेऽचिरेणात्मानमेव स कर्मनिर्मुक्तम् ॥१८९॥ 187,188, and 189. Who so restrains, through his own effort, the Self that is immersed in the activity, whether good
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