l88 VIVEKACHUDAMANI
[ The cliaracteristics of a man of realisation are set forth in this and the next few Slokas. Com- pare Gita II. 55-68. ]
427. That kind of mental function which cognises only the identity of Brah- man and Self, purified of all adjuncts, — which is free from duality, and concerns itself only with Pure Intelligence, is called illumination. He who has this perfectly steady is called the man of steady illumi- nation.
[Purified adjuncts — eliminating the acci- dental adjuncts and meditating on the common substratum — Brahman, the Absolute. See note on Sloka 241 andj"^^. ]
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��428. He whose illumination is steady, who has constant bliss, who has almost forgot the phenomenal universe, is accepted as a man liberated in this very life.
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