Vedantasara - Verse 223

Sanskrit

तदुक्तम् । - बुद्धाद्वैतसतत्त्वस्य यथेष्टाचराणं यदि । शुनां तत्त्वदृशाञ्चैव को भेदोऽशुचिभक्षणे ॥ इति (नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिः ४.६२) ब्रह्मवित्तं तथा मुक्त्वा स आत्मज्ञो न चेतरः ॥)” इति च (उपदेशसाहस्री ११५)

Swami Nikhilananda's Translation

Thus it has been said: “If a man who has known the truth of Oneness acts according to his whims, then where is the difference between a knower of Truth and a dog as regards eating impure stuff?” (Naiskarmyasiddhi IV-62). Further, “One who has given up the conceit that he has realized Brahman, is alone the knower of the Self and none else” (Upadesha-sahasri 115).

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