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तज्जीवतच्छरीरे सन्दिग्धं वायुभूतिनामानम् ।
विर्यथास्थं वेदार्थ किं न मावयसि ? ॥ १ ॥
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Tajjiva tacchariré sandigdham Vāyubhūti-nāmanam Ücè vibhu-r-yathastham Védartham kim na bhāvayasi ?
The Lord addressed him with his name and gotra (familyname) saying to him-
O Vayubhuti ! You doubt whether this body itself is ĀtmāSoul or whether Atmā is separate from the body. This doubt is produced in your mind due to contradictory verses.
The Védic verse is as follows:
विज्ञानघन एवैतेभ्यो भूतेभ्यः समुत्थाय तान्येवाऽनु विनश्यति,
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Vijnanaghana èvaitebhyo bhûtébhyah samutthaya tānyévānu vinasyati, na prétyasanjna' sti
On account of the above-mentioned statement you think that Atmā is not separate from the body but the body itself is Atmǎ.
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You have been interpreting the said Védic verse thus-[faधन एव Vijnānaghana éva] means the assemblage of vijnāna. [पतेभ्यो Hàra: agcaia étébhyo bhûtébhyah samutthaya] being produced from the five main elements, like earth, water etc [arsz fasafa] is lost (disappears) into the same elements. [ TI sea na pretya sanjnā asti] and hence there is no different term for the body and for the soul. That is to say-the assemblage of 'Vijnana' is born of the five elements that have formed a body and therefore the Vijnana is based only on the five elements but Atma is not different from the body as is believed by those who believe that Atmä-the source of vijnana is separate from the body. As intoxication is produced from the liquor or wine, in the same way, life-power or 'caitanya sakti' is produced from the five elements that have formed the body. In this way, the assemblage of 'vijnāna' after being born from the five elements in the form
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