112 VIVEKACHUDAMANI
plied to make it clear, as the sentence 5[%?n" m^FT means •' a white (horse) is running." In the third kind of Lakshna each of the terms has to give up a part of its connotation, see the next Sloka. ]
248-9. Just as in the sentence, ' This is that Devadatta,' the identity is spoken of, eliminating the contradictory portions, so in the sentence 'Thou art That,' the wise man must give up the contradictory elements on both sides and recognise the identity of Isvara and Jiva, noticing care- fully the essence of both, which is Chzl, Knowledge Absolute. Thus hundreds of Scriptural texts inculcate the oneness and identity of Brahman and Jiva.
[ Coniradictory portions — Such as the differences of time and place etc. ]
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