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क्रियान्तरासक्तिमपास्य कीटको
ध्यायन्यथालिं ह्यलिभावमृच्छति ।
तथैव योगी परमात्मतत्त्वं
ध्यात्वा समायाति तदेकनिष्ठया ॥ ३६० ॥

kriyāntarāsaktimapāsya kīṭako
dhyāyanyathāliṃ hyalibhāvamṛcchati ;
tathaiva yogī paramātmatattvaṃ
dhyātvā samāyāti tadekaniṣṭhayā . 360 .

Anvaya

यथाyathā
Just as
कीटकःkīṭakaḥ
a caterpillar
अपास्यapāsya
having given up
क्रिया–अन्तर–आसक्तिम्kriyā–antara–āsaktim
interest in any other activity
अलिम् ध्यायन्alim dhyāyan
by contemplating on the bee
ऋच्छति हिṛcchati hi
surely attains
अलि–भावम्ali–bhāvam
the state of being a bee
तथा एवtathā eva
Similarly
योगीyogī
the seeker
ध्यात्वाdhyātvā
by contemplating
तद्–एक–निष्ठयाtad–eka–niṣṭhayā
with one–pointed attention
समायातिsamāyāti
attains
परमात्म–तत्त्वंparamātma–tattvaṃ
the reality of the Supreme–Atman

Translation

Just as a caterpillar, having given up interest in any other activity, contemplates on the bee and surely becomes the bee, similarly the seeker who contemplates (on Atman) with one–pointed attention would surely attain the Supreme Atman.

Annotation

The distinction between jīva and Brahman is caused by ignorance and it disappears by proper contemplation (Jagadguru).

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