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sacitto'pi niścittaḥ: though possessed of a mind, enveloped by his ātman, is without a mind; i.e., by reason of absence of external actions, he is as one stupefied. Or, he may be said to be a niścittaḥ as he has no attachment etc.
432 वर्तमानेऽपि देहेऽस्मिश्छायावदनुवतिनि ।
अहंताममताभावो जीवन्मुक्तस्य लक्षणम् ॥४३२॥ vartamāne'pi dehe'smiñśchāyāvadanuvartini 1 ahamtā-mamatā-abhāvo jīvanmuktasya lakşaņam 11
The mark of a jivanmukta is the absence of the sense of the 'l' or 'my' in this body though it is with him like a shadow. .
chāyāvad, anuvartini: Though they exist in this gross body, the senses of 'I' and 'my' are as if they relate to another body. The character of a jīvanmukta is being without the sense of the 'l' or 'my' in his body as all modifications, love, hate etc., old age, death etc., are to be traced to the gross body. When the source is nonexistent, changelessness becomes a matter of course.
433 अतीताननुसन्धानं भविष्यदविचारणम् ।
औदासीन्यमपि प्राप्ते जीवन्मुक्तस्य लक्षणम् ॥४३३ ॥ atītānanusandhānam bhavisyadavicāraṇami audāsīnyamapi prāpte jīvanmuktasya laksanam ni
The mark of a jivanmukta is not pondering over what has been, not worrying about what is to be and indifference about the present. ananusandhānam: not remembering. bhavişyadavicāraṇam: not thinking about the future. prāpte: about the present. audāsīnyam: indifference; being without attachment.
434 गुणदोषविशिष्टेऽस्मिन् स्वभावेन विलक्षणे।
सर्वत्र समशित्वं जीवन्मुक्तस्य लक्षणम् ॥४३४॥ gunadoşavišişte'smin svabhāvena vilakşaņe
sarvatra samadarsitvam jīvanmuktasya laksanam 11 V.C.-28
