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VISHNU SAHASRANAMA 15
everything becomes known ; all this is indeed the Self :
all this is Brahman only.”
The Smriti also (Bh. G., 4-35) says : “ And having
known this, thou shalt not again fall into this confusion,
O Pândava ; for, by this thou wilt see all beings without
exception in the Self and all in Me.” The meaning is that
you will perceive the unity of the individual soul and
Îs'vara, that is taught in all the Upanishads. (Again in
another place the Bh. G., 18-20) says : “ That by which
one indestructible cause is seen in all beings inseparate
in the separated, know thou that knowledge as Sâttvika.”
Here too the Lord (Srî Krishna) has taught that the know-
ledge of the non-duality of the Âtman is the right view.
Hence you are asked to fix your mind upon Îs'vara as the
Âtman. Again it is said : “ Âtman and Paramâtman are
yourself differentiated as five.” (Bh. G., 10-42) says :
“ But what is the knowledge of all these details to thee,
O Arjuna ? Having pervaded this whole Universe with a
portion of Myself, I exist.
To show that Avidyâ or ignorance is an Upâdhi, there
is authority. (The Smriti says) : “ The great Âtman, one
only is named Ahankâra ; the seekers after Truth speak of
it as ‘ Jîva,’ as ‘Antarâtman ’ (‘ inner soul ’). Vishnu Purâna
says : When ignorance which creates difference, is entirely
destroyed, who would postulate a non-existing distinction
between the Âtman and Brahman ? O king, the idea of
differentiation in the Paramâtman is due to ignorance ;
when it is destroyed, the distinction between the Âtman
and the Supreme is no distinction at all.” Vish. Dharma
says : “ Just as when the Ether in a pot, soiled with dust
and smoke, is dirtied, the other ones that are at a distance
are not likewise soiled, even so when one Jîva is soiled by
various pairs of opposites, the other ones are not likewise
soiled.” We read in the Brahmayâjnavalkya : “ Just as one
Âkâs'a becomes many in different pots, etc., so the Âtman,
though one, shines as many, like the sun reflected in