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those of the planet Râhu. He becomes pure, infinite, eternally blissful and self-luminous.
[ 'Clutches-Graha in Sanskrit means both 'planet' and seizure. The eclipses of the sun and moon are popularly ascribed by Hindu mythology to the periodical attacks by their enemy Rahu, a demon whom they prevented from drinking the nectar. ]
यो वा पुरे सोऽहमिति प्रतीतो
बुद्धया प्रक्लप्तस्तमसाऽतिमूढया। तस्यैव निःशेषतया विनाशे
ब्रह्मात्मभावः प्रतिबन्धशून्यः ॥ ३०१॥
www. Apn1Hindi.com 301. That which has been created by the Buddhi extremely deluded by Nescience, and which is perceived in this body as 'I am such and such,'—when that egoism is totally destroyed, one attains an unobstructed identity with the Brahman.
[I am &c.-I am strong or weak, learned or ignorant, happy or miserable, and so forth. ]
ब्रह्मानन्दनिधिर्महाबलवताऽहंकारघोराहिना संवेष्टयात्मनि रक्ष्यते गुणमयैश्चण्डैस्त्रिभिमस्तकैः । विज्ञानाख्यमहासिना श्रुतिमता विच्छिद्य शीर्षप्रयं निर्मूल्याहिमिमं निधि सुखकरं धीरोऽनुभोक्तुं क्षमः ॥३०२॥
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