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144 VIVEKACIIUDAMANI
What a terrible and graphic warning to happy- go-lucky aspirants ! ]
326. The mind that is attached to the sense-objects reflects on their qtiahties; from mature reflection arises desire, and after desiring a man sets about having that thing.
[ An echo of Gita, 11. 62-63. ]
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��327 . Hence to the discriminating knower of Brahman there is no worse death than inadvertence with regard to concentra- tion. But the man who is concentrated attains complete success. (Therefore) carefully concentrate thy mind (on Brah- man) .
328. Through inadvertence a man deviates from his real nature, and the man who has thus deviated falls. The fallen
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