36 VIVEKACHUDAMANI
by devoting himself to the nourishment of the body, proceeds to cross a river by catching hold of a crocodile, mistaking it for a log.
85. So for a seeker after liberation the infatuation over things like the body is a dire death. He who has thoroughly con- quered this deserves the state of freedom.
[ Infatuation. — That I am the body or that the body etc. are mine. ]
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86. Conquer the infatuation over things like the body, one's wife and children, — conquering which the sages reach that Supreme State of Vishnu.
[ Supreme State of Vishnu. — From Rig- Veda,
1. Xxii. 20-2I. J
��87. This gross body is to be deprecated for it consists of the skin, flesh, blo®d, arteries and veins, fat, marrow and bones ^ and full of other offensive things.
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