based on translations by Chinmayananda and Nikhilananda
2. Just as fire is the direct cause for cooking, Knowledge is the direct means of Liberation.
3. Knowledge destroys ignorance like light destroys darkness.
4. The Self reveals Itself by Itself – like the sun when the clouds pass away.
5. Like ‘kataka-nut’ powder settles after cleaning muddy water, Self-knowledge disappears after purifying ego.
6. Like a dream appears real as long as it continues, the world becomes unreal when one wakes up.
7. The world appears to be real like the illusion of silver in the mother-of-pearl.
8. Like bubbles in the water, worlds rise, exist and dissolve in the supreme Self,
9. The world is a projection upon Existence-Consciousness as are ornaments made out of the same gold.
10. Truth, like space, appears to be diverse due to conditionings but upon their deconstruction, it's revealed as one.
11. Ideas of class, color, position, etc, are superimposed upon the Atman, just as flavor, color, etc, are superimposed on water.
15. The immaculate Ᾱtman appears to have borrowed the qualities of the five sheaths like a crystal appearing blue or yellow depending upon the color of cloth in its vicinity.
16. One should separate the pure Self from the sheaths with discrimination, as one separates rice from the husk with a pestle.
17. Although all-pervading, Ᾱtman doesn't shine in everything, but only in the intellect like a reflection in a stainless mirror.
18. Ᾱtman is always like the king, distinct from the body, senses, mind and intellect, and It is the witness of their functions.
19. The moon appears to be moving when clouds travel through the sky as Atman appears to be active when it's only the senses being busy.
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