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| साधनपाद,-Sādhana-Pāda, (S.-0, Ch.-2, V.-6) |
दृग्दर्शनशक्त्योरेकात्मतैवास्मिता ॥६॥ |
dr̥g-darśana-śaktyor-ekātmata-iva-asmitā ॥6॥ |
| drig = consciousness itself as seeing agent darshana-shaktyoh = the instrument of seeing, power of intellect or buddhi to observe (darshana = seeing; shakti = power) ekatmata = identity, with oneself (eka = one; atmata = selfness iva = appearing to be, apparently as if asmita = I-ness |
Confusing the immutable core with the transient shell is referred to as identification with the mutable (asmita). ||6|| |
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