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ātmakhyāti, knowledge of the Self par excellence, a name introduced by Amrtachandra in his commentary on this gātha This term, åtmakhyatı or Self-knowledge, is also used by him to designate the whole of his commentary on Samayasăr a
जो पस्सदि अप्पाण अबद्धपुट्ठ अणण्णय णियद ।
अविसेसमसजुत्त त सुद्धणय वियाणीहि ॥१४॥ Jo passadı appānam abaddhaputtham anannayam niyadam Avisesamasamjuttam tam suddhanayam viyānıhi (14)
य पश्यति आत्मान अबद्वस्पृष्टमनन्यक नियतम् ।
अविशेषमसयुक्त त शुद्धनय विजानीहि ॥१४॥ 14. He who perceives the Atman as not bound, not touched, not other than itself, steady, without any difference and notcombined, know ye him, as Sudha-naya or the pure point of view
COMMENTARY
The person who has the pure point of view is himself called the pure point of view according to this gatha, as it is not altogether incorrect to equate the person with his intellectual attitude
Not found, not touched though the Atman is associated with matter, karmic and non-karmic, it is neither bound by that matter nor contaminated by it Really it retains its pristine purity just ! as a lotus leaf in water remains untouched by it
Karmic matter means the subtle particles of matter suitable to constitute the subtle karmic body which continues to be in association with the soul throughout its transmigratory existence of births and deaths till the Self obtains liberation by the destruction of karma when the karmic body vanishes Nonkarmic matter refers to the material molecules constituting the organic body of each individual being, the body which appears at birth and disintegrates after death
Not other than itself though the soul is subject to different modifications in its roaming about in different gatis as a man or a deva, etc, the soul throughout retains its identity just as clay remains clay while it is shaped into different forms over the potter's wheel
