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37511 40t - Of one smitten by the cobronce of ignormce, ब्रह्मज्ञानम् औषधम् - the remedy of the knowledge of Brahman, विना - without, fri - of what avail, aa: - the Vedas 2 - and, in: - the Scriptures, 7- and, 45 - what benefit, Fax: - with the mantras, par - of what avail, sitoa: - are the medicines.
For one who has been smitten by the cobra of Ignorance, the only remedy is the Knowledge of Brahman. Of what use are the Vedas and the Scriptures, Mantras and Medicines to such a victim of poison?
The Supreme, as it were poisoned by its own self-forgetfulness, has come to suffer the burning agony of delusive limitations and sorrows. It has forgotten Its divine nature
and, identifying with the matter envelopments, it sobs at its · mortality, its sorrows, its imperfection. To one who has
realised these and has come to feel a choking impatience to get relieved from the tyranny of their pains, to him nothing but his Self-re-discovery can be satisfactory. A victim, smitten by the cobra of Ignorance, can be relieved from his painful delirium only through his own self-realisation, when he comes to live as the Spirit, and in the plane of consciousness he comes to realise himself essentially to be the Reality in everything and every being.
It is natural that when one recognises that he has been smitten by a cobra, he will have no more the ordinary prejudices of faith or creed, position or status, time or place; but any help that reaches from any quarter, offered in any attitude, will only be too gladly welcomed by him. At that moment of his dire sorrow, in the magnitude of his tragedy, he realises the urgency of the situation, and his only demand is for some medicine which will take out the poison and give him back his essential and natural health and vitality. He willl not deny any help because the helper belongs to another creed, nation, caste or colour. Any help is acceptable because the danger is so dire, so imminent, so tragic
Similarly, once a seeker has realised that he has been smitten by the most dangerous of all serpents met with
