94 VIVEKACHUDAMANI
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��209. Nor is the Blissftil Sheath the Su- preme Self, because it is endowed with changeful attributes, because it is a modi- fication of Prakriti, is the effect of past good deeds, and imbedded in the other Sheaths which are modifications.
[ Imbedded in the other Sheaths — The reference is again to the Taittiriya Upa., 2nd Chapter, where the five Koshas are spoken of as being similar in shape and one inside the other, the Annamaya or Material Sheath being the outermost and Ananda- maya the innermost. J
210. When all the five Sheaths have been eliminated by the reasoning upon Sruti passages, what remains as the culmi- nating point of the process, is the Witness, the Knowledge Absolute, — the Atman.
[ Sruti passages — those that describe the Atman negatively, by the Neti neii ( not this, not this ,) method.
Culmuiating point — beyond which the process of reasoning or analysis cannot be carried any farther.
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