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1. Just as four stages are seen in the creation of a painting, in the same way, four stages of

modification in the Supreme Self should be known.

ywa xaEtae "i”tí laiÁDtae riÃt> pq>,

icdNtyaRmI sUÇaTma ivraqœ caTma tweyRte. 2.

yathä dhauto ghaööitaçca läïchito raïjitaù paöaù |
cidantaryämé süträtmä viräö cätmä tatheéryate || 2||
ywa = as; xaEt> = cleaned; "i”t> = stiffened with starch; laiÁDt> = marked (with outlines); c =

and; riÃt> = painted; pq> = canvas; twa = so; $yRte = is considered; AaTma = Supreme Self;

ict! = pure Consciousness; ANtyaRmI = in-dwelling Consciousness; sUÇaTma = identified with the

totality of subtle bodies; c = and; ivraqœ = identified with the totality of gross bodies.

2. As in the creation of a painting, the canvas is cleaned, stiffened with starch, marked with

outlines, and then painted; so also, in the case of the Supreme Self, there is correspondingly pure
Consciousness, the in-dwelling Consciousness (Ishvara), the one identified with the totality of all

the subtle bodies (Sutratma or Hiranyagarbha), and the one identified with the totality of all gross

bodies (Virat).

Svt> zuæae=Ç xaEt> Sya˜i”tae=Úivlepnat!,

m:yakarElaRiÁDt> SyaÔiÃtae v[RpUr[at!. 3.

svataù çubhro'tra dhautaù syädghaööito'nnavilepanät|
mañyäkärairläïchitaù syädraïjito varëapüraëät || 3||
Svt> = by nature; zuæ> = white; AÇ = here (in case of the painting with 4 stages); xaEt> =

cleaned; Syat! = is; "i”t> = stiffened; AÚ-ivlepnat! = by applying starch; m:yakarE> = with black

outlines; laiÁDt> = marked; Syat! = is; riÃt> = painted; v[RpUr[at! = by filling colors.

3. The canvas, which is white by nature, is cleaned (is the basis of a painted picture), stiffened by

applying starch, marked with black outlines, and painted by filling colors. These are the four stages
of the painting.

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Sandeepany Sadhanalaya