Forty Verses, V. 17

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To those who do not know the Self

and to those who do, the body is the 'I'.

But to those who do not know the Self

the 'I' is bounded by the body;

while to those who within the body

know the Self the 'I' shines boundless.

Such is the difference between them.

 

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Swaminathan

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To those who have not realised the Self,

as well as to those who have, the body

is 'I'. To the former the 'I' is only of the

size of the body; whereas to those who

have realised the Self within the body,

the 'I' shines without limits. This is the

difference between the two.

 

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S.S. Cohen

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Both the wise and the ignorant regard

the body as 'I'.

The ignorant limit the 'I' to the body.

For the wise, the Self shines in the heart,

limitless, including the body and the world.

 

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A.R. Natarajan

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