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The Self Realization
परम बुद्धि कृश देहमां, स्थूळ देह मति अल्प ।
देह होय जो आतमा, घटे न आम विकल्प ॥५६।। Parama buddhi krisha dehama, sthula deha mati alpa, Deha hoya jo atama, ghate na ama 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
Besides, on accepting the theory of the body as the Soul, a man's intelligence will increase or decrease with the increase or decrease in his volume. But on the contrary we find slim bodied persons with extra-ordinary knowledge and the fat bodied persons with dullness and ignorance. Hence it seems the volume of a body has no direct relation with the intellectual powers or intelligence.
If body were the Soul and Soul were ever-knowing and intelligent the above anomaly would not arise. Therefore, we should conclude that in no circumstances can the Soul be identified with the living body.
जड चेतननो भिन्न छे, केवळ प्रगट स्वभाव ।
एकपणुं पामे नहीं, त्रणे काळ द्वयभाव ॥७॥ Jada chetanano bhinna chhe, kevala pragata svabhava, Ekapanu pame nahi, trane kala dvaya bhava. 57 The natures of the soul and matter, Are clearly quite different, Can never be of one character, See ages all : past, future, present. 57
The sentient and the non-sentient substances have quite different characteristics and distinction between the two is unmistakably clear at all times.
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