In the perception of a pot, Vidyaranya says, nescience is negated by the intellect, and the pot is revealed by the reflection of the light of consciousness.
In realizing Brahman, the intellect removes ignorance through indirect knowledge, but pure consciousness is self-revealing. The help of its reflection is of no consequence.
It's like perceiving a pot in the darkness—one needs an observant eye and the light of a lamp. But to perceive the light of the lamp, only the eye is necessary.
A reflection of light can't see the light. But a reflection of light may disidentify with the reflector of light and thereby be the light, Aum.
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