252 VrVEKACHUDAMANI
way of the world, by the burning pain due to the sunshine of threefold misery; who through delusion wander about in a desert in search of water; — for them here is the trhimphant message of Sankara pointing cut, within easy reach, the comforting ocean of nectar — the Brahman, the One without a second — to lead them on to liberation !
[ Threefold misery — the ddhyd/mika (those per- tau/Uig to ti)e body and mind, such as pain, anguish etc.) the ddhidaivika (those coming from divine visitations or scourges of Nature, such as. cyclone, earthquake etc.), and the ddhibhauiiha (those due to other creatures on earth).
V/ander water — are lured by the prospect of
happiness from transitory things, which, as in the case of a mirage, exhaust them the more.
Easy reach — for tliis Mine of Bliss is tkeir very ntttuie. h is no external thing to be acquired. They h;»ve simply to realise that they are already That.
On io liberation — Uy inducing them to take away
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The solemn cudcnce of the Sirdulavikridiia metre makes a fating termination to the prophetw discouise. ]
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