Verse 509

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US-P18.098ab ।US-P18.098cd ।US-P18.098ef ॥

In plain words

Declaring that the seer is self-luminous, scripture clearly distinguishes the unchanging constancy of consciousness from the transient flicker of mental states.

Close to the Sanskrit

That the seer is self-luminous indeed—thus the scripture spoke separately of the stability of consciousness, its immutability, and the perishability of cognition.