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स्मृतिर्यथा स्वमविलोकितायें
तथा विदः प्राशनमोचनादौ ॥ ४५७ ॥ 457. Similarly, he who is absorbed in Brahman lives identified with the eternal Atman and beholds nothing else. As one has a memory of the objects seen in a dream, so the man of realisation has a memory of the everyday actions such as eating and so forth.
कर्मणा निर्मितो देहः प्रारब्धं तस्य कल्प्यताम् । नानादेरात्मनो युक्तं नैवात्मा कर्मनिर्मितः॥ ४५८ ॥
458. The body has been fashioned by Karma, so one may imagine the Prârabdha with reference to it. But it is not reasonable to attribute the same to the Atman, for the Atman is never the outcome of work.
भजो नित्यः शाश्वत इति ब्रूते श्रुतिरमोधवाक् । तदात्मना तिष्ठतोऽस्य कुतः प्रारब्धकल्पना ॥ ४५६ ॥ .
459. The Srutis, whose words are infallible, declare the Atman 'to be "birthless,' eternal and undecaying." So, to the man who lives identified with That, how can the Prârabdha be attributed?
[Birthless &c.—The reference is to Katha Upa. I. ii. 18. “The Atman is birthless, eternal, undecaying, and
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