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nigamavacanasiddham: established on the basis of the words of the Vedas.
nityam asmatprasiddham: sadā (brahmäham asmīti) vidvadanubhavagocaram: always the object of realisation (as 'I am Brahman') by the learned.
411 ajaram: devoid of decay. amaram: devoid of destruction.
astābhāsavastusvarūpam: that from which all differences (wrought by ajñāna) have been extinguished.
stimita-salilarāśiprakhyam: unmoving like an expanse of water without waves.
akhyāvihīnam: námarahitam: without name, because it cannot be classified as belonging to any class or group, as indicated by a name, or quality or an action and as casual relations cannot be associated with it. Vide the śruti: akāśe ha vai nāma nämarūpayor nirvahitā te yadantarā tat Brahma (Chand.): Akāśa is the container of everything. That which includes the container and the contained is Brahman."
śamitagunavikāram: qualityless and changeless. śāśvatam: anādisiddham: existing without any beginning. śāntam: undisturbed by anything. ekam: without a second. hydi kalayati vidvān: as before.
412 समाहितान्तःकरणः स्वरूपे
विलोकयात्मानमखण्डवैभवम् । विच्छिन्धि बन्धं भवगन्धगन्धिलं
यत्नेन पुंस्त्वं सफलीकुरुष्व ॥४१२॥ samāhitāntahkaranah svarūpe
vilokayātmānam akhandavaibhavam | vicchindhi bandham bhavagandhagandhilam
yatnena pumstvam saphalīkuruşva 11
Clearly see the ātman of infinite glory in the Paramātman with the mind steadied in concentration; cut off the bonds fashioned by the vāsanās of samsāra and make your birth as a man fruitful.
