224 VIVEKACHUDAMANI
516. I am the Universal, I am the All, I am transcendent, the -One without a second. I am Absolute and Infinite Knowl- edge, I am Bliss, and indivisible.
{^Indivisible — without break. ]
517. This splendour of the sovereignty of Self-effulgence I have received by virtue of the supreme majesty of thy grace. Salu- tation to thee, O glorious, noble-minded Teacher, — salutations again and again!
[ Sel/-effulgenc€ — hence, absolute independence. The disciple is beside himself with joy, and hence the highly rhetorical language. ]
518. O Teacher, thou hast out of sheer grace awakened me from sleep and com- pletely saved me, who was wandering, in an interminable dream, in a forest of birth, decay and death created by illusion,
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