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Karika 18

ज्ञानज्ञेयस्वरूपिण्या शक्त्या परमया युतः पदद्वये विभुर्भाति तदन्यत्र तु चिन्मयः

Endowed with the supreme Power whose very nature is both the knower and the known, the all-pervading Lord shines in the two states; apart from these, He is pure Consciousness alone. This verse reveals that the dynamic play of the universe…

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