Aparokṣānubhūti 15–16: Result of Vichāra
Channel: Consciousness Research Centre
Date: 19/03/2022

15. “‘The material (cause) of these two (i.e. ignorance and thought) is the One (without a second), subtle (not apprehended by the senses) and unchanging Sat (Existence), just as the earth is the material (cause) of the pot and the like.’ This is the way of that vichāra.”

16. “‘As I am also the One, the Subtle, the Knower, the Witness, the Ever-Existent and the Unchanging, so there is no doubt that I am That (i.e. Brahman).’ Such is this enquiry.”

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एतयोर्यदुपादानमेकं सूक्ष्मं सदव्ययम् ।
यथैव मृद्घटादीनां विचारः सोऽयमीदृशः ॥ १५ ॥

etayoryadupādānamekaṁ sūkṣmaṁ sadavyayam
yathaiva mṛdghaṭādīnāṁ vicāraḥ so'yamīdṛśaḥ

etayoḥ—of these two; yat—which; upādānaṁ—material; ekaṁ—one; sūkṣmaṁ—subtle; sat—Existence; avyayaṁ—unchanging; yathaiva—just as; mṛt—earth; ghaṭādīnāṁ—of the pot and the like; vicāraḥ—Self-enquiry; so'yam—et cetera; īdṛśaḥ—endowed with such qualities.

अहमेकोऽपि सूक्ष्मश्च ज्ञाता साक्षी सदव्ययः ।
तदहं नात्र सन्देहो विचारः सोऽयमीदृशः ॥ १६ ॥

ahameko'pi sūkṣmaśca jñātā sākṣī sadavyayaḥ
tadahaṁ nātra sandeho vicāraḥ so'yamīdṛśaḥ

aham—I; ekaḥ—one; api—also; sūkṣmaḥ—the subtle; ca—and; jñātā—the Knower; sākṣī—the Witness; sat—the Existent; avyayaḥ—the Unchanging; tat—That; ahaṁ—I; na—not; atra—here; sandehaḥ—doubt; vicāraḥ—Self-enquiry; so'yam—et cetera; īdṛśaḥ—endowed with such qualities.