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The Self Realization
Sarva avasthane vishe, nyaro sada janaya, Pragatarupa chaitanyamaya, e endhana sadaya. 54 In all the states the soul separate, Is seen always as consciousness, Distinctive mark is accurate, To ascertain the soul's presence. 54
The Soul, though present in all the states of consciousness (wakefulness, dream and sleep) of a living being, always experiences itself as different from each and all of them. The states of consciousness come and go but the Soul remains as their knower. In human life, men pass through different stages but there is no change in the Soul's nature. It cannot be called young or old, human or divine, learned or ignorant. The Soul is known by its intelligence and consciousness. It is the eternal knower of everything. The knowability of the soul is eternal and indestructible.
घट, पट आदि जाण तुं, तेथी तेने मान । जाणनार ते मान नहि, कहीए केर्बु ज्ञान ? ॥५५।। Ghata, pata adi jana tu, tethi tene mana,
Jananara te mana nahi, kahiye kerru jnana ? 55 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
What a surprising argument is yours, O my pupil ? You say you know the body, the pots and clothes etc, the sensible objects and so you accept them as real and you do not accept the knower of these bodies, pots and clothes etc. If the knower is absent, the knowledge and the known are automatically absent. Where is knowledge without the knower ? The presence of the knower is implicit in the knowledge of the sensible objects.
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