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Establishment of Brahman 3.273

Brahmasiddhi 3.273

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Sanskrit

3.273

bandhahetudhvaṃso 'pi nātmadarśanasādhyaḥ /
taddhi vidadhadeva nikhilāvidyāvyavahārapravilayamudīyate /
karmaphalabhogavibhāgaścāvidyopādānaḥ /
tatrānavayavenonmūlitāyāmavidyāyāṃ na cchettavyamasti /
avidyādhyastāni hi karmāṇi tatsamucchede vidyayā samucchinnānyeva bhavanti /
tadvipākasyāvakāśa eva nāstyadvaitamātmatattvaṃ paśyataḥ, bhedadarśanāśrayatvāttasya /
yataścāvidyocchedenaiva karmocchedaḥ /
atastulyavatsaṃśayaviparyāsābhyāṃ prasaṃkhyātāni karmāṇi ---

Nor is the destruction of the cause of bondage something to be accomplished by the vision of the Self. / For [that vision] arises causing the dissolution of all nescience and [its] linguistic and practical usage. / And the division of the fruition and experiencing of actions has nescience as its material cause. / There, when nescience has been eradicated without remainder, there is nothing left to be destroyed. / For actions superinduced by nescience are indeed destroyed by knowledge when that [nescience] is eradicated. / For one who sees the reality of the Self as non-dual, there is simply no scope for their ripening, because that [ripening] relies upon the vision of difference. / And since the destruction of actions occurs only through the destruction of nescience, / therefore actions are enumerated along with doubt and error as equal [to them]:

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