Tattvabodha • Chapter 1 • Shloka 33
स्थूलशरीराभिमानि जीवनामकं ब्रह्मप्रतिबिम्बं भवति ।
स एव जीवः प्रकृत्या स्वस्मात् ईश्वरं भिन्नत्वेन जानाति ।
अविद्योपाधिः सन् आत्मा जीव इत्युच्यते ।
मायोपाधिः सन् ईश्वर इत्युच्यते ।
एवं उपाधिभेदात् जीवेश्वरभेददृष्टिः यावत्पर्यन्तं तिष्ठति
तावत्पर्यन्तं जन्ममरणादिरूपसंसारो न निवर्तते ।
तस्मात्कारणान्न जीवेश्वरयोर्भेदबुद्धिः स्वीकार्या ।
The reflection of Brahman, which identifies itself with the gross body, is called the Jiva (individual soul).
This Jiva by nature takes Ishwara (Supreme Self) to be different from himself or herself. The self-conditioned by ignorance (maya) is called Ishwara. So long as the notion that the Jiva and Ishwara are different remains, which is due to the difference in the conditioning, till then, there is no redemption from Samsara which is of the form of repeated birth, death etc.
Due to that reason, the notion that the Jiva is different from Ishwara should not be accepted.
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