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In plain words
By delusion, “I”; by delusion, “you”; by delusion, the mind that worships; by delusion, the sense of a Lord: delusion is the root of this world.
“It is through delusion that the notions ‘I’ and ‘you’ arise. For the mind, for worship, for the sense of a Lord, for this whole world, delusion is the root cause.”
Embodiments of Prema!
What the eye sees, what the ears hear, what appears to the mind, what carries the heart away: all this is that delusion. Delusion is the world. The world is the seen. Brahman is the seer. This world is the seen and the seer, joined into one form.
“In Bhārata the bond of Guru and disciple has dwindled away completely. The wealth of Satya and discipline have both grown thin, little by little. Bhakti and faith have both fallen away. A freedom that owns no duty has filled the whole world. Money counts for more and more. Dharma counts for less and less. What more can I say than this?”
‘Enquiry into oneself is liberation’
Though the things man must come to know in this vast creation are endless, the Vedānta of Bhārata urges him to understand the word ‘I, I’ that comes forth from every human being. If one comes to know this endless principle of the Ātma, one becomes the knower of everything. “That by knowing which all things are known”: this is the word of the Śruti. Only when he understands well the meaning of the word ‘I’ does man become the knower of everything. The Bhagavad Gītā teaches that wherever you look, the word ‘I, I’ pervades all and dwells within all. Whatever Vedas and Śāstras, Itihāsas and Purāṇas you look into, they declare, “Know yourself.”