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VIVEKACŪĻĀMAŅI
the gross body through the mind or by its sense of atman super-imposed on the gross body.
In the dream state, there is no association of the mind with the gross body. So, there is no reflection of the cit and no ground for enjoyment. But during dream, there is imagined another gross body of the nature of vāsanās (residual impressions). For, it is well known that one has experiences through the forms of bodies of inanimate and divine beings different from the well-known gross bodies. Therefore, to this gross body importance attaches in the state of waking. That is because there is no attachment of the mind to the gross body in dream and dreamless sleep states. Thus the anatmatva of the gross body is established by distinction from the dream and the dreamless sleep states as it is not apparent in these states but is clearly seen in the waking state. But the atman as witnessing consciousness of all states accompanies them throughout, and for that reason is different from them. That is clear.
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Even as, in the world, no one looks on his house as his ātman, so should the gross body be thought of, and the sense of the 'I' should never be associated with it.
सर्वोऽपि बाह्यः संसारः पुरुषस्य यदाश्रयः । विद्धि देहमिदं स्थूलं गृहवद्गृहमेधिनः ।। ९२ ।।
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'sarvopi bahyaḥ samsaraḥ puruṣasya yadāśrayaḥ | viddhi dehamidam sthulam grhavadgṛhamedhinaḥ ||
Know that this gross body is that on which rests man's entire contact with the external world and is like the house of a householder.
samsara: transactions of a person with the external world. It is of two kinds: external and internal. The internal samsara relates to the experiences of pain, pleasure, acting and enjoying. The external samsara has reference to birth, death, stoutness, etc. The entire external samsara is clearly stated in the next sloka. The atman (puruşa) is asamsārī, i.e., it is not affected by anything that is the result of the identification of the atman with the body even as a householder is really unconnected with the house he lives in.
grhavat: like a house.
viddhi: know. It is well known that a man residing in a house acquires a wife etc. For, in the absence of even a house to live
