Karika 15
कार्योन्मुखः प्रयत्नो यः केवलं सो ऽत्र लुप्यते तस्मिंल् लुप्ते विलुप्तो ऽस्मीत्यबुधः प्रतिपद्यते
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The effort that is directed toward an object is alone lost here; when that is lost, the ignorant one apprehends, "I am lost." This verse distinguishes between the transient effort of the mind directed outwardly toward objects and the…
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