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realising this true nature of oneself, one becomes free from sin, and taint, and death and grief, and becomes the embodiment of Bliss. Illumined himself, he is afraid of none. For a seeker after Liberation there is no other way to the breaking of the bonds of transmigration than the realisation of the truth of one's own Self.
[ 'Hidden &c. It is the purified Buddhi which catches a glimpse of the Atman.
The sense of various Sruti passages of Advaitic import is reproduced in these Slokas. The reader is specially referred to the Brihadaranyaka III. viii. 8, Taittiriya II. 2, and Svetâsvatara III. 8. 1
ब्रह्माभिन्नत्वविज्ञानं भवमोक्षस्य कारणम् ।om
येनाद्वितीयमानन्दं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते बुधैः ॥ २२३ ॥
223. The realisation of one's identity with the Brahman is the cause of liberation from the bonds of Samsara, by means of which the wise man attains Brahman, the One without a second, the Bliss Absolute.
ब्रह्मभूतस्तु संसृत्यै विद्वानावर्तते पुनः । विज्ञातन्यमतः सम्यब्रह्माभिन्नत्वमात्मनः ॥ २२४ ॥
224. Once having realised the Brahman one no longer returns to the realm of transmigration. Therefore, one must fully realise one's identity with the Brahman.
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