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244. These two are the superim positions of the Is vara and the Jiva, and when these are perfectly eliminated there is neither Isvara nor Jiva. A kingdom is the in- signia of a king, and a shield of the soldier, and when these are taken away, there is neither king nor soldier.
[ JS'either king nor soldier — he is only a man then. Similailj, if we laive away the omniscience omnipotence etc. from Isvara, and deficiencies of knowledge and power etc. from the Jiva, on!y Brahman remains as llie substance of bolh. ]
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245. The Vedas themselves in the words "Now then is the injunction" etc., repu- diates the duality imagined in the Brah- man. One must needs eliminate those two stiperimpositions by dint of realisation supported by the aiilhority of the Vedas.
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