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the sakshatkar (interview, perception) with the iti (end), is not possible without the ati (extremity) and the perception of the ath (beginning) is not possible without the iti! The meaning is that the extremity of pain is the end of pain and the end of pain is the beginning of bliss.
Some moments of the craftsman pass in giving solace to the soil in the posture assuring safty ; and, the honorary donkey, his companion, his helper who takes a little pay for his body, and who is roaming in the valley, free of all bonds, is called. He does not like any bondage, he is bound only with his master's orders. He is taking the humble soil to the master's upasrama (asylum) on his strong back.
34 :: Silent Soil