VIVEKACIIUDAMANI J 33
299. So long as one has any relation with this wicked Ego, there should not be the least talk about Liberation, which is unique.
300. Freed from the clutches of Egoism, man attains to his real nature, as the moon from those of the planet Rahu. He be- comes pure, infinite, eternally blissful and self-luminous.
[ Graha in Sanskrit means both * planet ' and
- seizure.' The eclipses of the sun and moon are
popularly ascribed by Hindu mythology to the periodical attacks by their enemy Rahu, a demon whom they prevented from drinking the nectar. ]
��f^ r^.
��^r ^ 5?: ^TSlTJTTrT STrfTcTT
301. That which has been created by the Buddhi extremely deluded by Nescience, and which is perceived in this body as 'I am such and such,' — when that Egoism is totally destroyed, one attains an un- obstructed identity with the Brahman. [lam such and such — I am strong or weak,
�� �
