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76 SIVAGNANA BOTHAM.
CHAPTER III. SPECIAL: SATHANA VIAL.
VII.
SEVENTH SUTRAM
RESPECTING THE SOUL.
Sutra. In the presence of Sat, every thing else
(cosmos—Asat) is Sunyam (is non-apparent.) Hence
Sat cannot perceive Asat. As Asat does not exist, it
cannot perceive Sat. That which perceives both, can-
not be either of them. This is the Soul (called Sathasat).
Note. This treats of the nature of the Soul and
consists of three arguments.
First Argument.
Churnika.—Hara has no experience of Pasa.
Varthikam.—As, before the Perfect and Eternal Intel-
ligence, the imperfect and acquired intelligence (falsehood)
is shorn of its light, it is therefore established that in the
presence of Siva Sat, Asat loses its light.
Illustration.—Hara who is not separate (from Pasu
and Pasa) cannot know them as objects. So He cannot know
Asat as different even when He knows it. Evil Asat ceases
to exist before Him, as does darkness before the Sun.
Second Argument.
Churnika.—Pasa cannot know Hara.
Varthikam.—Asat is non-intelligent as it will be found
to be so when examined closely.