6^; VIVEKACHUDAMANI
142 . As layers of clouds , generated by the sun's rays, cover the sun and appear solely (in the sky), so Egoism, generated by the Self, covers the Reality of the Self and appears solely by itself.
[ Solely by itself -^2^.^ if there were no Atman at all. But the clouds vanish subsequently, and so does egoism too. ]
143. Just as, on a cloudy day, when the sun is swallowed up by dense clouds y violent cold blasts trouble them, so when the Atman is hidden by intense ignorance, the dreadful Vikshepa Shakti (projecting power) afflicts the foolish man with numerous griefs.
[Blasts trouble them — The root s^PT has .also a secondary meaning, namely to cause to wander, which is also implied here. The verb^qeiirf in the last line of this verse has also a similar meaning. The foolish man is made to take sometimes very low bodies — that is the meaning. ]
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