आत्मस्वरूपभावनादरपरो भवेत् । येनात्मस्वरूपेणेत्थं भावितेन । अविद्यामयं स्वरूपं बहिरात्मस्वरूपम् त्यक्त्वा विद्यामयं रूपं व्रजेत् ।।५३।। karavo; jethI, eTale AvI rIte AtmasvarUpanI bhAvanA karavAthI, avidyAmay svarUpano eTale bahirAtmasvarUpano tyAg karIne vidyAmay rUp eTale ke paramAtmasvarUp prApta karAy.
bhAvArtha : — AtmasvarUpanI bhAvanA kevI rIte karavI? te prashnanA uttaramAn AchArya AtmArthIne uddeshIne kahe chhe ke —
AtmasvarUp bIjAone samajAvavun, jemaNe AtmasvarUp jANyun chhe temane tenA ja viShe pUchhI te jANavun, tenI ja ichchhA rAkhavI arthAt tene ekane ja paramArtha satya mAnavun ane AtmasvarUpanI bhAvanAmAn ja nirantar lAgyA rahevun. Am karavAthI bahirAtmasvarUpano – avidyAmay svarUpano nAsh thashe. paramAtma – svarUpanI eTale gnAnamay svarUpanI prApti thashe.
(1) AtmA sambandhI ja vAt kar, sansAr sambandhI kAI paN vAt na kar. tem karavAthI bahAramAn bhamato tAro upayog tattva – nirNay taraph vaLashe.
(2) AtmA sambandhI vadhu gnAn mATe visheSh gnAnIone pUchh; tethI AtmA sambandhI tArI shraddhA spaShTa thaIne draDh thashe ane gnAn nirmaL thashe.
(3) Atma – prAptinI ja bhAvanA kar, bIjA koI par padArthanI ke indriy – viShayanA sukhanI ichchhA na kar; em karavAthI bAhya indriy – sukhanI pAchhaL thatI nirarthak AkuLatA maTI jashe.
(4) AtmasvarUpanI bhAvanAmAn ja nirantar abhirat ban. AvI rIte gnAnamAn, shraddhAmAn ane AchAramAn ek AtmAne ja viShay banAv; bIjA koI bAhya padArthane tArA gnAnano viShay na banAv. shrImad rAjachandre kahyun chhe ke —
AtmA ja ek prayojanabhUt vastu chhe. tenI prApti ja karavA yogya chhe. te sivAy anya padArthono vichAr mananA rog samAn chhe.
evI rIte samajIne dhagash ane utsAhapUrvak jo tun Atma – bhAvanA karIsh, to avidyAno – agnAnatAno nAsh thashe ane AtmasvarUpanI prApti thashe. 1. juo – shrImad rAjachandrakRut ‘Atmasiddhi’.