91. After the origination of the knowledge of Reality, Prarabdha verily ceases to exist, inasmuch as the body and the like become non-existent; just as a dream does not exist on waking. 92.... Read more
61. Just as blueness in the sky, water in the mirage, and a human figure in a post (are but illusory), so is the universe in Atman. 62. Just as the appearance of a ghost in an empty place, o... Read more
31. The Supreme (Purusha) known as “I” (ego) is but one, whereas the gross bodies are many. So how can this body be Purusha ? 32. “I” (ego) is well established as the subject of perception... Read more
Translated by Swami Vimuktananda Published by Advaita Ashram, Kolkatta 1. I bow down to Him – to Sri Hari (the destroyer of ignorance), the Supreme Bliss, the First Teacher, Ishwara, the All... Read more
If a man thickens the juice of the fruits of the cassia fistula, and the eugenia jambolana by mixing them with the powder of the soma plant, the vernonia anthelmintica, the eclipta prostata,... Read more
CHAPTER II OF THE WAYS OF EXCITING DESIRE, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND RECIPES IF a man is unable to satisfy a Hastini, or Elephant woman, he should have recourse to various means to... Read more
The application of a mixture of the leaf of the plant vatodbhranta, of the flowers thrown on a human corpse when carried out to be burnt, and the powder of the bones of the peacock, and of t... Read more
PART VII CHAPTER I ON PERSONAL ADORNMENT; ON SUBJUGATING THE HEARTS OF OTHERS; AND ON TONIC MEDICINES WHEN a person fails to obtain the object of his desires by any of the ways previously re... Read more
CHAPTER VI OF GAINS AND LOSSES; ATTENDANT GAINS AND LOSSES; AND DOUBTS; AS ALSO OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COURTESANS IT sometimes happens that while gains are being sought for, or expected t... Read more
CHAPTER V OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF GAIN WHEN a courtesan is able to realize much money every day, by reason of many customers, she should not confine herself to a single lover; under such circu... Read more
