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A METHOD OF ENLIGHTENING THE DISCIPLE 25

कित्सा ’ इत्यादिश्रुतेः बुद्धावेव । तत्रैव रूपादिसंस्कारादयोऽपि, ‘कस्मिन्नु रूपाणि प्रतिष्ठितानीति हृदये’ इति श्रुतेः । ‘कामा येऽस्य हृदि श्रिताः ’, ‘तीर्णो हि तदा सर्वान् शोकान् हृद- यस्य’, ‘असङ्गो ह्ययम्’, ‘तद्वा अस्यैतदतिच्छन्दाः ’ इत्यादि- श्रुतिभ्यः, ‘अविकार्योऽयमुच्यते’, ‘अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात् ’ इत्यादि इच्छाद्वेषादि च क्षेत्रस्यैव विषयस्य धर्मो नात्मन इति स्मृतिभ्यश्च कर्मस्थैवाशुद्धिः नात्मस्था इति ॥ ३६ ॥

36. ‘“What is then the locus of the impressions of colours and the rest ?” ‘The same as that of lust etc.’ ‘Where again are lust etc. ?’ They are in the intellect (and no where else) according to the Sruti,¹ ‘lust, deli- beration, doubt.’ The impressions of colours and so forth are also there (and nowhere else) according to the Sruti, ‘what ² is the seat of colours ? The intellect.’ That desire, aversion and the like are the attributes of the embodiment, the object and not of the Self, is known from the Srutis, ‘Desires ³ that are in the intellect,’ ‘For ⁴ he is then beyond all the woes of his heart (intellect) ’, ‘Because ⁵ It is unattached,’ and ‘Its ⁶ form untouched by desires ’ and also from Smritis such as ‘It ⁷ is said to be changeless,’ ‘Because ⁸ It is beginningless and without attributes’ and so on. Therefore (it is concluded that) impurity pertains to the object and not to the Self.

अतो रूपादिसंस्काराद्यशुद्धिसंबन्धाभावात् न परस्मादात्मनो विलक्षणस्त्वमिति प्रत्यक्षादिविरोधाभावात् युक्तं पर एवात्माऽह-

¹ Br. U., 1. 5. 3.    ² Br. U., 3. 9. 20.    ³ Br. U., 4. 4. 7. ⁴ Br. U., 4. 3. 22.    ⁵ Br. U., 4. 3. 16.    ⁶ Br. U., 4. 3. 21. ⁷ Bh. Gîtâ, 2. 25.    ⁸ Bh. Gîtâ, 13. 31.