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87 by him on his becoming a hermit, to indicate his entire devotion to the contemplation of the Divine soul. The MS. includes both the text and the commentary, and both are held in very high estimation by Vedantists. The author of the text, in the course of his confutation, has explained the whole of the Vedanta aphorisms, so that his work serves as a commentary on the text of Vyasa. Hall's Contributions, p. 154. Beginning. om gopalaya namah | mulasya ------stambhabhyantaragarbhabhava nigavyakhyatatadvaibhava yah pancananapancajanyavapusa vyadista visvatmatah | prahladabhihitarthatatksanamiladdrstapramanam harih so'vyadvah saradindusundaratanuh simhadricuda़ाmanih || 1 || jyotiryaddaksina murttirvyasasankarasabditam | jnanottamakhyam tadvande satyanandapadoditam || 2 || vipratipattitratadhvantadhvamsapragalbhava cala | kriyate citsukhamunina pratyak tattvadipika vidusa || 3 || tikayah yannityam niravagrahakhamahimameyakhabhavam maha- mayavesvasadvivarttitaviyadvasvagnavurvi mukhai- | bhavaistattadanantavibhramamayairvidhvastabhedodbhavam nirdhutavadhibodhamodajaladhim vande mahiyo mahah || 1 || unnidrasubhrasarasiruhasannisanam nirgacchadaccharucinirjitacandrakantim | harojjvalam lipitanum sphatikacakumbha- mudraksapustakakaram pranamami vanim || 2 || aviralavigalitamadajala vilulitamattalimalyamanu lambah | vipulakapa|lotpulako dalayatu lambodaro duritam || 3 || yadvidyaghavalairvibhartti vibudhaih sarva divapindumun- milatkairava koraka kularucim visvambhareyam bhrta | ghorajnanadurantapankanikaraprotsarividyana di mulam naumi sunindramanvahamaham vidyagirim tam gurum || 4 || yatpadapavanasa|jarajnahparagairete vineyanivadya virajastvamapuh | satyaprakasaparisuddhanijanubhavam pratyak prakasamabhinami gurum yatindram || 5 || udyadvidyasurasaridiyam nihsrta gratsakasat