ATMA BODHAM : 16 - (68 verses, 9 Chapters) - “KNOWLEDGE of the SELF”



31/07/2019
Chapter 5
Verse 15-26 (12 Numbers.)
VERSE 16:

"Vapus Tushadibhih Kosaih
Yuktam Yuktya Avaghaatatah,
Atmanam Antaram Suddham
Vivichyaat Tandulam Yatha."


"Just as rice is obtained by poundingpaddy and separating the husk, bran etc., wecan separate Pure Atma within from theencircling of Five Kosas through carefuldiscrimination. When one clearly realises thesoul to be distinct from the Kosas, he becomesdetached from them. This detachment isfollowed by knowledge of the self."

1. Just as husking the paddy exposes the grain within ( the rice ) , so also should one judiciously separate the pure Atman from the sheaths covering it .

2. One should , through discrimination , separate the pure and inmost Self from the sheaths by which it is covered , as one separates a rice kernel from the covering husk by striking it with a pestle .

3. Through discriminative self-analysis and logical thinking one should separate the Pure self within from the sheaths as one separates the rice from the husk , bran , etc , that are covering it .

4. How then are we to visualise the glory and greatness of this Supreme Truth that is All-pervading, the Self in us? How to separate Spirit from Matter and realise the pure Spirit?

5. Just as rice is obtained by removing the husk,bran, etc., from the paddy, so too, by the discriminating faculty in us which distinguishes the real from the unreal, removing of the various impurities superimposed by us upon the Self, and getting beneath the sheaths of the dark spiritual ignorance {Avidyd) which dims the light of the Real Self, we must realise It singularly alone in Its Pure and uncontaminated state.

6.Thus, by the art of negation of the physical and mental equipments in us, and also by the removal of the dusty dirt that has been let in to rest on That Immortal, the Glory of the total existence in the manifold creation, the Atman, is to be realised as the Pure Consciousness. When an earnest seeker subjectively.

To be continued ..

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