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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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He who sacrifices to the Self (alone), equally recognising the Self
in all created beings and all created beings in the Self, becomes
(independent like) an autocrat and self-luminous. 92.
After giving up even the above mentioned sacrficial rites, a
Brahmana should exert himself in (acquiring) the knowledge of the
Soul, in extinguishing his passions, and in studying the Veda. 93.
For that secures the attainment of the object of existence,
especially in the case of a Brahmana, because by attaining that, not
otherwise, a twice-born man has gained all his ends. 94.
The Veda is the eternal eye of the manes, gods, and men; the
Veda-ordinance (is) both beyond the sphere of (human) power, and
beyond the sphere of (human) comprehension; that is a certain fact. 95.
All those traditions (smriti) and those despicable systems of
philosophy, which are not based on the Veda, produce no reward after
death; for they are declared to be founded on Darkness.
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