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| साधनपाद,-Sādhana-Pāda, (S.-0, Ch.-2, V.-5) |
अनित्याअशुचिदुःखानात्मसु नित्यशुचिसुखाअत्मख्यातिरविद्या ॥५॥ |
anityā-aśuci-duḥkha-anātmasu nitya-śuci-sukha-ātmakhyātir-avidyā ॥5॥ |
| antiya = non-eternal, impermanent, ephemeral ashuchi = impure duhkha = painful, sorrowful, suffering anatmasu = non-self, non-atman nitya = eternal, everlasting shuchi = pure sukha = pleasurable, pleasant atman = Self, soul khyatih = taking to be, supposing to be, seeing as if avidya = spiritual forgetting, ignorance, veiling, nescience |
A combination of the eternal and transitory, purity and impurity, joy and suffering, or the mutable and immutable in human beings are all referred to as a lack of insight (avidya). ||5|| |
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