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 44 VIYEKACHUDAMANI

as dependent on the Atman manifesting through them, and not independently, be- cause the Atman is by its very nature the most beloved of all. Therefore the Atman is ever blissful, and never suffers misery.

[ Vide Bri. Upa. — Yajnavalkya's teachings to his wife Maitreyi. ]

107. That in profound sleep we ex- perience the bliss of Atman independent of sense-objects, is clearly attested by Sruti, direct perception, tradition, and inference.

[ Sruti — Chhandogya, Brihad^ranyaka, Kausi- taki and other Upanishads.

J a grail — is a plural verb. ]

108. Avidya (Nescience) or Ma}^^ called also the Undifferentiated, is the power of the Lord. It is without beginning, is made up of the three Gunas and is superior to the effects (as their cause). She is to be inferred by one of clear intellect only from the effects She produces.

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