TRUTH REVEALED SLOKA - 21

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Sloka 21

Translations:

Truth  Revealed

What is the Truth conveyed by the various scriptures which declare “Seeing the Self is seeing the Divine”? How can one see the Self? If, because oneself is but single, seeing is not possible, how to see the Divine? It is, indeed, by oneself becoming a prey unto Him.

The Forty on Existence

‘To see oneself’, also ‘to see the Lord’,

The scriptures counsel. But what do they mean?

For how to see the Self? The Self is one.

If one`s unable e`en to see oneself

How then can one see God? Nay, `tis the truth,

The ego must indeed become His food.

Revelation

Two visions are mentioned in the sacred lore, namely vision of the Self and vision of God; I shall state what they really mean. How can there be vision of the Self? Since He cannot be seen, for the reason that He is one (with the would-be seer), who is to see God, (who is just the Real Self), and how? Know that the vision of the Self and the vision of God (alike) consist in the soul (that is, the ego) becoming the food of God.

SYNOPSIS :

The Self is one and is identical with the Lord. In order to see the Self or to see the Lord, the ego must get consumed and lost, having surrendered itself to the Supreme Being.