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Rh 285. So long as even a dream-like perception of the universe and souls persists, do away with, thy superimposition, O learned one, without the least break.

[The universe and souls—i. e. plurality.]

286. Without giving the slightest chance to oblivion on account of sleep, concern in secular matters or the sense-objects, reflect on the Self in thy mind,

287. Shunning from a safe distance the the body, which has come from parents and itself consists of flesh and impurities,—as one does an outcast,—be thou Brahman and realise the consummation of thy life.

[Shunning—i. e. giving up all identification of the body which is very impure.]

288. Merging the finite soul in the Supreme Self, like the space enclosed by a jar in the infinite space, by means of