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Do you remember the story of Solon and Croesus? The king said to the great sage that Asia Minor was a very happy place. And the sage asked him, ‘Who is the happiest man? I have not seen anyone …
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विशेषं च दर्शयति ॥ १६ ॥ viśeṣaṃ ca darśayati || 16 || viśeṣaṃ—Difference; ca—and; darśayati—the scripture declares. 16. And the scripture declares a difference (with respect to meditations …
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अप्रतीकालम्बनान्नयतीति बादरायणः, उभयथाऽदोषात्, तत्क्रतुश्च ॥ १५ ॥ apratīkālambanānnayatīti bādarāyaṇaḥ, ubhayathā’doṣāt, tatkratuśca || 15 || apratīka-ālambanāt—Those who do not use a symbol …
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न च कार्ये प्रतिपत्त्यभिसंधिः ॥ १४ ॥ na ca kārye pratipattyabhisaṃdhiḥ || 14 || na—Not; ca—and; kārye—in the Saguna Brahman; pratipatti-abhisaṃdhiḥ—the desire to attain …
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दर्शनाच्च ॥ १३ ॥ darśanācca || 13 || darśanāt—On account of the Sruti texts; ca—and. 13. And because the Sruti declares that. “Going upwards by that he reaches immortality” (Chh. 8. …
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परं जैमिनिः, मुख्यत्वात् ॥ १२ ॥ paraṃ jaiminiḥ, mukhyatvāt || 12 || paraṃ—The Supreme (Brahman); jaiminiḥ—(so says) Jaimini; mukhyatvāt—on account of that being the primary meaning (of the word …