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Aphorisms of Bṛhaspati 2.8: Sarvadarśanasaṅgraha

Bārhaspatyasūtra 2.8

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Sanskrit

2.8

dehaḥ sthaulyādiyogāc ca sa evātmā na cāparaḥ /
mama deho 'yam ity uktiḥ saṃbhaved aupacārikī //

and because of its association with fatness and the like, the body alone is the self, and no other. / The statement "this is my body" must be metaphorical.

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… and because fatness and the like belong to the body, the body itself is the self and nothing else; the expression "this is my body" is figurative.

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