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Shiva Purana

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तस्मादव्यक्तमेवैक्यकारणं करणानि च ॥ शरीरं च तदाधारं तद्भोग्यं चापि नेतरत् ॥ ४१ ॥

Hence the unmanifest alone is the cause of the composite viz. organs, body but their support, the object or enjoyment is unmanifest.

english translation

मुनय ऊचुः बुद्धीन्द्रियशरीरेभ्यो व्यतिरेकस्य कस्यचित् ॥ आत्मशब्दाभिधेयस्य वस्तुतो ऽपि कुतः स्थितिः ॥ ४२ ॥

The sages said:— How can Ātman which is separate from the sense-organs and the body exist?

english translation

वायुरुवाच बुद्धीन्द्रियशरीरेभ्यो व्यतिरेको विभोर्ध्रुवम् ॥ अस्त्येव कश्चिदात्मेति हेतुस्तत्र सुदुर्गमः ॥ ४३ ॥

Vāyu said:— The separateness of all-pervading lord from the intellect, sense-organs and the body is definite. There is something called Ātman. A reason thereof is difficult to understand.

english translation

बुद्धीन्द्रियशरीराणां नात्मता सद्भिरिष्यते ॥ स्मृतेरनियतज्ञानादयावद्देहवेदनात् ॥ ४४ ॥

The intellect, the sense-organs and the bodies are not the Ātman due to indefinite knowledge and non-eternality.

english translation

अतः स्मर्तानुभूतानामशेषज्ञेयगोचरः ॥ अन्तर्यामीति वेदेषु वेदांतेषु च गीयते ॥ ४५ ॥

Hence the one who has the cognition of experienced objects and comprehends the entire knowables, is sung about in the Vedas and Upaniṣads as the immanent soul.

english translation