Cosmogony and the non-agency of the Self

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avyaktād aṇḍam abhūd aṇḍād brahmā tataḥ prajāsargaḥ | māyāmayī pravṛttiḥ saṃhriyata iyaṃ punaḥ kramaśaḥ ||

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māyāmayo 'py acetā guṇakaraṇagaṇaḥ karoti karmāṇi | tadadhiṣṭātā dehī sacetano 'pi na karoti kiṃcid api ||

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yadvad acetanam api san nikaṭasthe bhrāmake bhramati loham | tadvat karaṇasamūhaś ceṣṭati cidadhiṣṭhite dehe ||

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yadvat savitary udite karoti karmāṇi jīvaloko 'yam | na ca tāni karoti ravir na kārayati tadvad ātmāpi ||

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manaso 'haṃkāravimūrcchitasya caitanyabodhitasyeha | puruṣābhimānasukhaduḥkhabhāvanā bhavati mūḍhasya ||

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kartā bhoktā draṣṭāsmi karmaṇām uttamādīnām | iti tat svabhāvavimalo 'bhimanyate sarvago 'py ātmā ||

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nānāvidhavarṇānāṃ varṇaṃ dhatte yathāmalaḥ sphaṭikaḥ | tadvad upādher guṇabhāvitasya bhāvaṃ vibhur dhatte ||

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gacchati gacchati salile dinakarabimbaṃ sthite sthitiṃ yāti | antaḥkaraṇe gacchati gacchaty ātmāpi tadvad iha ||

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rāhur adṛśyo 'pi yathā śaśibimbasthaḥ prakāśate jagati | sarvagato 'pi tathātmā buddhistho dṛśyatām eti ||

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sarvagataṃ nirupamam advaitaṃ tac cetasā gamyam | yad buddhigataṃ brahmopalabhyate śiṣya bodhyaṃ tat ||