Vedantasara - Verse 172

Sanskrit

सा तु चित्प्रतिबिम्बसहिता सती प्रत्यगभिन्नमज्ञातं परम्ब्रह्म विषयीकृत्य तद्गताज्ञानमेव बाधते तदा पटकारणतन्तुदाहे पटदाहवदखिलकारणेऽज्ञाने बाधिते सति तत्कार्यस्याखिलस्य बाधितत्वात्तदन्तर्भूताखण्डाकाराकारिता चित्तवृत्तिरपि बाधिता भवति

Swami Nikhilananda's Translation

That mental state, illumined by the reflection of Pure Consciousness, objectifies the Supreme Brahman, unknown but identical with the individual self and destroys the ignorance pertaining to Brahman. Then just as a cloth is burnt when the threads composing it are burnt, so all the effects of ignorance are destroyed when their cause, viz., ignorance, is destroyed. Hence the mental state of Absolute Oneness, which forms part of those effects, is also destroyed.

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