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atIndriy AtmAthI viruddha Indriyo, tenA vaDe AtmA kyAthi jaNAy?
bahirAtmA potAnA AtmagnAnathI parAngmukh vartato thako, IndriyodvArA sharIrAdi bAhya
padArthone ja jANavAmAn tatpar chhe. AtmAne to te dekhato nathI, tethI te sharIrane ja
AtmA tarIke mAnI le chhe. tene dehAdhyAs thaI gayo chhe, tethI dehathI potAnun judApaNun
tene bhAsatun ja nathI. gnAnane bahAramAn ja joDe chhe,–paN andaramAn vALato nathI. bahAramAn
IndriyonA avalambane to jaD dekhAy, kAI AtmA na dekhAy; tethI te bahirAtmAne
sharIrathI pRuthak AtmAnun astitva bhAsatun ja nathI, te to sharIrane ja AtmA mAne chhe.
are! kevI bhramaNA! ke potAnun astitva ja pote bhUlI gayo! ne jaDamAn ja potAnun
astitva mAnI beTho!–ene samAdhi kyAthi thAy?
jIvasvarUpanun gnAn to atIndriy–antarmukh gnAnathI ja thAy chhe. bahirmukh–
IndriyagnAnathI thatun nathI. agnAnI potAnA gnAnasvabhAvane jANato nathI, paN Indriyone
ja gnAnanun sAdhan mAne chhe, eTale IndriyadvArA jaNAtA A dehAdine ja potAnun svarUp
mAne chhe. dehAdik to jaD chhe, te kAI AtmA nathI, AtmAthI atyant bhinna chhe. paN
agnAnIne IndriyagnAnadvArA dehathI judo AtmA dekhAto nathI, te dehAdi bAhya padArthane ja
AtmA mAne chhe,–mATe te bahirAtmA chhe. gnAnane antarmukh karIne jANe to te atIndriy
gnAnavaDe dehAdithI bhinna chidAnandasvarUp AtmAnun svasamvedan thAy, eTale bahirAtmapaNun
TaLIne antarAtmapaNun thAy.
IndriyothI pAr evA atIndriy–AtmasanmukhI gnAnavaDe ja AtmA
svasamvedanamAn Ave chhe, ne tyAn atIndriy shAntirUp samAdhi prApta thAy chhe. bIjI koI
rIte AtmAne samAdhi ke shAnti thAy nahIn.
bhale abhaN hoy–lakhatAn vAnchatAny AvaDatun na hoy, paN gnAnane antarmukh
karIne chaitanyaviShayane jo jANe chhe to tenun gnAn sAchun chhe. tenun gnAn mokShanun kAraN chhe. je
gnAn mokShanun kAraN thAy te ja sAchI vidyA chhe; e sivAy laukik vidyA game teTalI
bhaNe to paN AtmavidyAmAn to te napAs ja chhe, tenun bhaNatar kuvidyA ja chhe. are!
potAnA chaitanyatattvane chUkIne dehAdimAn ja AtmabuddhithI te agnAnI jIv kShaNe kShaNe
bhayankar bhAvamaraNamAn marI rahyo chhe. enAthI chhUTavAnI ne AtmAno Anand pAmavAnI
jene pipAsA jAgI hoy, tene dehAdithI vivikta AtmAnun svarUp batAvIne santo kahe chhe
ke–apUrva shAnti pAmavA mATe AtmAne oLakho.