293. What is seen is   unreal,  ever-changing. The real `I' is  unchanging, knower   of   all changes, of everything. Bodily perceptions  cannot    know anything.
 
 
Ah|pdaTIÞÏvhma¢dsaX£
¢nÏy|    s¤x¤çOav¢p    BavdSInat¯    ,
b#¥tE    /ajaE    ¢nÏy    i¢t    ½¤¢t:    Þvy|
tt¯    p#ÏygaÏma    sds¢¹lXN:    .   294.  

Ah|pdaTIÞÏvhma¢dsaX£

but the real "I" is that which witnesses the ego and therest

¢nÏy|

always

x¤çOav¢p

in the state of profound sleep

BavdSInat¯

it exists

b#¥tE

says

/ajaE

is birthless

¢nÏy   i¢t

and eternal

½¤¢t:

the Sruti

Þvy|

itself

tt¯   p#ÏygaÏma

therefore the Paramatman

sds¢¹lXN:

is different from the gross and subtle bodies

294. The   real  `I'  is   the   witness, the eternal  knower even   in   deep   sleep. The   scriptures   say your real self is  never   born  but  is   ever-existent, different   from   the manifest  or  unmanifest.

¢vka¢rNa|    svI¢vkarvEäOa
¢nÏya¢vkaraE    B¢vt¤|    smhI¢t      ,
mnaErTÞvp"s¤x¤¢çOx¤    ÞP[z|
p¤n:    p¤nd#qiI¾mst¯ÏvmEtyaE:    .   295   .  

¢vka¢rNa|

of all changes in things

svI¢vkarvEäOa

the knower,subject to change

¢nÏya¢vkaraE

should necessarily be eternal and changeless

B¢vt¤|

is there

smhI¢t

is observed

mnaErTÞvp"s¤x¤¢çOx¤

in imagination, dream, and profound sleep

ÞP[z|

clearly

n:	again and again

nd#qiI¾mst¯ÏvmEtyaE:

the unreality of the gross and subtle bodies

 
295.The   knower   of   all   change   never  changes. We see repeatedly the   unreality of  everything    in  all the three states.  
AtaE{¢Bman|    Ïyj    ma|s¢pÎfE
¢pÎfa¢Bma¢nÓy¢p    b¤¢Ñ¯Dk¢ÚptE    ,
kalæOyabaÒymKÎfbaED|
åOaÏva    ÞvmaÏmanm¤pW¢h    Sa¢Ótm¯      .   296   .  

AtaE{¢Bman|

therefore, the identification

Ïyj

give up

ma|s¢pÎfE

with this lump of flesh

¢pÎfa¢Bma¢nÓy¢p

as well as the ego or the subtle body

b¤¢Ñ¯Dk¢ÚptE

which are both imagined by the Buddhi

kalæOyabaÒymKÎfbaED|

which is Knowledge Absolute and not to be denied inthe past, present or future

åOaÏva

realizing

ÞvmaÏmanm¤pW¢h

your own Self

Sa¢Ótm¯

attain to Peace.

 
296. Give   up   the   sense   of   "I" as centred  in  the  body or ego or intellect. Your true self is that    undivided   Consciousness. Know thia and gain  peace.  

Ïyja¢Bman|    k[lgaEæOnam
ãpa½mEÝvad#qr    Sva¢½tEx¤    ,
¢lÄñÞy    DmaIn¢p    kt¯rqiItad£|
ÞÏy³qva    BvaKÎfs¤KÞvãp:    .   297   .  

Ïyja¢Bman|

cease to identify yourself

k[lgaEæOnam

with family, lineage, name

ãpa½mEÝvad#qr

form, and order of life

Sva¢½tEx¤

that is like a rotten corpse (to a man of realization)

¢lÄñÞy

ideas of agency and so forth

DmaIn¢p

and the Dharmas

kt¯rqiItad£|

are attributes of the subtle body

ÞÏy³qva

give up

BvaKÎfs¤KÞvãp:

be the essence of Bliss Absolute.

297.Give  up  the  sense  of `I' as centred in your family, lineage, name and form, all of which comprise just a corpse. Nor is the `I' part of the subtle body. Give up that also and become one with the one indivisible whole,  Bliss itself.
sÓÏyÓyE    p#¢tbÓDa:    p¤|s:    s|sarhEtvaE    è¾a:
tExamEv|    m¥l|    p#Tm¢vkaraE    BvÏyh|kar:    .   298   .  

sÓÏyÓyE

are observed

p#¢tbÓDa:

obstacles (such as desires)

s:

for men

s|sarhEtvaE

which lead to transmigration

è¾a:

to exist

tExamEv|

for the above reasons

m¥l|	the root of them

p#Tm¢vkaraE

the first modification of nescience

BvÏyh|kar:

called egoism.

 
298. The several distractions  besetting the   individual are  the   cause  of  worldliness; the first of   them at the  root  is  egoism.  
yavÏÞyat¯    ÞvÞy    sØbÓDaE{h|karEN    ѤraÏmna    ,
tav°    lESamaæOa¢p    m¤¢³vataI    ¢vlXNa    .   299   .

yavÏÞyat¯

so long as

ÞvÞy

one has

sØbÓDaE{h|karEN

any relation to this wicked ego

ѤraÏmna

the reason for all the troubles

tav°	should not be

lESamaæOa¢p

the least talk

m¤¢³vataI

about liberation

¢vlXNa

which is unique.

 
299. So   long   as   one there is a  connection  with   the  ego, there  will be no  hope  of   liberation.  
Ah|karg#haÓm¤³:    Þvãpm¤ppïtE    ,
cÓd#v¢¹ml:    p¥NI:    sdanÓd:    Þvy|p#B:    .   300   .  

Ah|karg#haÓm¤³:

freed from the clutches of egoism

Þvãpm¤ppïtE

attains to his real nature

cÓd#v¢¹ml:

as the moon from those of Rahu

p¥NI:

and becomes pure

sdanÓd:

infinite,ever blissful

Þvy|p#B:

and self-luminous.

 
300. Even as   the   moon,  freed  from  the  shadow that eclipses it, shines   in  all glory, so too be free   from  the eclipsing  ego   to attain  the real   Self.