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one homogeneous salt mass, so is verily this Atman, O Maitreyi, the Embodiment of Knowledge which assumes differentiations through contact with the elements and ceases to have them when these elements are destroyed (by Illumination ). After this dissolution It has no distinct name." It should be noted that the passage in the original is so worded as to confuse an ordinary enquirer, as it did Maitreyi actually. Then Yajnavalkya had to explain that he meant only the destruction of the limitations and not that of the Atman, the Eternal Reality, which ever is.
Limitations--Such as water in which the sun is reflected, or the rose which casts its reflection on the crystal, or the air which produces a bubble on the surface of water. When these Upadhis are removed, the special differentiations cease to exist, but the principal thing remains as it was. ] Hindi.com
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562. The Sruti' passage, “Verily is this Atman immortal, my dear,” mentions the immortality of the Atman in the midst of things perishable and subject to modification.
[ 1Sruti-Brihadaranyaka IV. v. 14: “Verily is this Atman immortal, my dear, indestructible by Its very nature." ]
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