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Therefore, acquire the knowledge of Brahman in the atman, in the form "I am Brahman", by means of nirvikalpa-samādhi,
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लक्ष्ये ब्रह्मणि मानसं दृढतरं संस्थाप्य बाह्येन्द्रियं
zarenà fafnaru fazzmagraìùeu àzfufan I ब्रह्मात्मैक्यमुपेत्य तन्मयतया चाखण्डवृत्त्याऽनिशं
ब्रह्मानन्दरसं पिबात्मनि मुदा शून्यैः किमन्यैर्भ्रमैः ।। ३७९ ।। lakṣye brahmani manasam drdhataram samsthäpya bahyendriyam svasthāne viniveśya niścalatanuścopekṣya dehasthitim brahmatmaikyamupetya tanmayataya cakhandavṛttyäniśam brahmanandarasam pibātmani mudā śūnyaiḥ kimanyair bhramaiḥ 11
Establishing the mind firmly in the goal that is Brahman, resting the external organs in their respective spheres, keeping your body unmoving, unmindful of safeguarding the body, attaining the identity of Brahman and the atman, becoming one with it in the infinite expanse of your mind, in the plenitude of your bliss drink within yourself the nectar of Brahmanubhava. What will the futile delusions avail you?
Knowing full well that the body is nourished by prārabdhakarma, giving up all thought of the state of the body and its nourishment, with an unmoving body in accord with the Yoga aphorism 'sthirasukhamāsanam', sitting firmly in a comfortable posture, resting the sense-organs (jñānendriyas) and the motor organs (karmendriyas) in their respective spheres; vide the text of the Kaivalyopanisad:
viviktadese ca sukhasanasthaḥ
śucissamagrīvaśiraśśarīraḥ
atyāśramasthaḥ sakalendriyāņi
nirudhya bhaktyä svagurum pranamya || hrtpunḍarikam virajam visuddham
vicintya madhye visadam visokam acintyam avyaktam anantarūpam
sivam praśāntam amṛrtam brahmayonim 11 tadadimadhyāntavihīnam ekam
vibhum cidānandam arūpam adbhutami umāsahāyam parameśvaram prabhum trilocanam nilakantham praśāntam ||
