Here let us inquire a little. The śāstras say, do they not, “Brahman is of the svarūpa of Sat-Cit-Ānanda”! This is simply its meaning in the terminology of Vedānta. And its meaning in the Sanskrit language is given as “asti bhāti priyam”. Are these two the same, or different? If one inquires, both are one padārtha; they are names of one state. Neither the svabhāva nor the padārtha is different. “Sat” means that which exists always; in Sanskrit this is called ‘asti’. “Cit” means the power that knows everything; in Sanskrit this is called ‘bhāti’. And “Ānanda” means the unceasing longing for happiness; in Sanskrit this is called ‘priyam’. All three are seen in every man, and even in beasts and birds. How so? It becomes clear if one inquires into the first, called ‘Sat’. The body will die some day; it will fall away. Everyone knows this; there is no man in the world who does not know it. Even so, there is the fear of death; no one likes it. But merely because one does not like it, can the body stay? That is not possible. Whether one likes it or not, death is unavoidable. Everything that is born has an end; its decline never ceases. Yet no one is willing to die. What is the reason? It is here that we must reflect carefully. What is it that does not like death and wants to exist always? To what does death come? What is it that is left behind? Reflect on this, and what is left behind is the body; death belongs to the body alone. For the Ātma there is no death. Not knowing this, men superimpose the property of immortality upon the body.