Aphorisms on Brahman 18.9

18.9

nanu - yāvanna vimokṣye atha sampatsye iti vākye jīvanmuktasya videhamuktiparyantaṃ
prapañcabhogavyapadeśāt kathaṃ śivajñānavatāṃ jīvanmuktānāṃ prapañcaniṣedhaḥ
upapadyata iti cet śivopāsakajīvanmuktānāṃ
pracaṇḍātapamadhyanikṣiptakarpūradīpavadantaḥkaraṇasadbhāve'pi
sarvaśivātmakajñānasadbhāvāt saccidānandasvarūpaparamaśiva eva viśvātmanā
darśanaviṣayo bhavati | etattato bhavati ityādiśrutirapi tathā śrūyate |
tasmājjīvanmuktānāṃ ahaṃ brahmāsmi iti brahmavidāmanubhavo dṛśyate | na hi
dṛṣṭeranupapannaṃ nāma iti nyāyānnānyārtho yuktaḥ | brahmaṇaḥ
prapañcasyābhinnanimittopādānakāraṇatvāt tasya tadabhedadṛṣṭissamucitaiva | yatra
tvasya sarvamātmaivābhūttatkena kaṃ paśyet ityādi