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 214 VIVEKACHUDAMANI

493. I am indeed Brahman, the One without a second, matchless, the Reality that has no beginning, beyond such imagi- nations as thou or I, or this or that, the Essence of Eternal Bliss, the Truth.

494. I am Narayana, the slayer of Naraka, I am the destroyer of Tripura, the Witness of everything; I have no other Ruler but myself, I am devoid of the ideas of 'I' and 'mine.'

[ Naraka — a demon, son of Earth, killed by Vishnu.

Tripura — the demon of the " three cities,'*

destroyed by Shiva. ]

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��495. I alone reside in all beings as Knowledge, being their internal and ex- ternal support. I myself am the enjoyer and all that is enjoyable, — whatever I

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