Avatāraṇikā 1
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In plain words
Everything produced by lower vidyā has now been told. The following passage turns to the true Akṣara called Puruṣa, the root from which saṃsāra arises and into which it dissolves. To know this is to know all; it is the object of higher Brahmavidyā.
Close to the Sanskrit
The entire effect of lower vidyā has been stated. And the root from which that saṃsāra arises and into which it dissolves is the true Akṣara called Puruṣa. When that is known, all this becomes known; it is the object of higher Brahmavidyā. It must be explained, and so the following text begins—