206 VIVEKACHUDAMANI
the Giini are the tests, while one^s own experience earned by concentrating the mind is another proof.
[ Texts : The word ' Pramana ' can be translated also as 'proofs ' or 'authority.'
Scriptures — which tell of one's eternal identity with Brahman, and declare all duality to be unreal.
Reaso?iing — upon those scriptural statements so as to be convinced of their truth. For instance, one can argue that bondage being a creation of one's mind must be unreal and that Knowledge of Brahman dispels it, and so on.
Words Guru: The Guru is a man of Reali- sation and perfectly unselfish and all-loving. He is therefore an Apta, and as such his words are authority.
One's own experience &'c. : This is the ultimate test. For otherwise one is not perfectly satisfied.
Concefitrating &'c. — in Samadhi. ]
475. Bondage, liberation, satisfaction, anxiety, recovery from illness, hunger and such other things arc known only to the man concerned, and knowledge of these to others is a mere inference.
[ hiference: Others merely guess at them through signs. ]
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