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SAMAYSARA
नास्ति मम धर्मादिर्बुध्यते उपयोग एवाहमेक 1
त धर्मनिर्ममत्व समयस्य विज्ञायका ब्रुवन्ति ||३७||
37 I am unique inasmuch as I am of the nature of upayoga Hence dharma, etc, are not related to me Hence, he who thinks like this, the knowers of the true Self call, "one unrelated to dharma, etc
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COMMENTARY
Previously the author has emphasised the fact that it is erroneous to identify the true Self with the empirical Self characterised by various emotions Here he turns his attention to the outer cosmos consisting of dharma, adharma, pudgala, ākāśa, Kāla, and other jivas-the principle of motion, the principle of rest, matter, space, time, and other souls-respectively Hence he wants to emphasise the fact that it is equally erroneous to identify oneself with these objects of the external world The constituent objects of the cosmos have their own intrinsic inalienable nature and can by no means be derived from the nature of the Self No doubt the upayoga nature of the Self in its twin aspect of knowledge and perception can completely comprehend the cosmos so that the various objects of the external world, living and non-living, may get immersed in the ocean of light that proceeds from the Perfect Knowledge of the Self But this fact of being comprehended by knowledge does not in any way interfere with the intrinsic individual reality of the objects themselves which are related to knowledge As was already explained in a previous gathā, the physical body and the Self have each an immutable and independent nature of their own, non-transmutable one into the other This assertion relating to matter and soul is applied to the whole of the cosmos consisting of the various objective reals such as dharma, adharma, etc Here we have to note one important, point that one's Self is not only distinct from the various non-living objects of the environment but also from the various personalities which are present in the outside world in the human society and the various living organisms of the biological kingdom To talk of a mass consciousness or world-cons
