12^ VIVEKACHUDAMANI
tation on their identity, always keep quiet, O sage.
289. Becoming thyself the self -effulgent Brahman, the substratum of all phenom- ena, — as that Reality, give tip both the macrocosm and the microcosm, like two filthy receptacles.
[Giz'^e up vikrocosm — ceasing to care for the
whole universe, which is other than the Self, and which pales into insignificance before the majesty of the Self.]
290. Transferring the identification now rooted in the body, to the Atman, the Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, and discarding the subtle body, be thou ever alone, independent.
[ Discardi7ig — ceasing to identify oneself with.]
291. That in which there is this reflec- tion of the universe, as a city is reflected in a mirror, — that Brahman am I ; —
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