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Spirit. And since there is no action of the Spirit, there arises the idea of Not-1; "I" here stands for active agency in general, such as in "I give", " I eat", “I offer libations", in all of which the active agent is represented by "I"; because wherein there is no action, there can be no active agent; hence it is rightly expressed as 'Not-1.' From this follows the idea that “ Naught is mine ;" for it is only an active agent that can be a possessor: and hence the preclusion of action implies the preclusion of possession also.
Or we may interpret the three forms in another way. The sentence "I am not," means that “ I am the Spirit, not productive; " and because non-productive, “I have no action"-'Not l; and since without action, “I can have no possessions,” hence "naught is mine."
(269) Objection :-“Even after the knowledge of all this, there might be left something yet unknown, which would lead to Bondage.”
Answer:-“It is complete," 1 e. there is nothing left, unknown after the attainment of such knowledge as the above, which want of knowledge could lead to Bondage
(270) Question:-"What is it that is acccomplished by the said knowledge of truth?” Answer:
Karikā LXV Thus (possessed of this knowledge) the Spirit, as a
spectator, pure, at ease, beholds Nature, The cause of the which has ceased to be productive and cessation of Nature's operation has turned back from the seven forms
of evolution, under the influence of the purpose of the Spirit).
The two things for the production of which Nature had begun her action were experience and the perception of truth; so
