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On the same tree the Person, sunk in grief, is deluded by his own helplessness; but when he sees the other, the Lord who is worshipped, and his greatness, he becomes free of sorrow.
समाने वृक्षे पुरुषो निमग्नो- ऽनीशया शोचति मुह्यमानः । जुष्टं यदा पश्यत्यन्यमीश- मस्य महिमानमिति वीतशोकः ॥ २॥
HinduPoetryGraceSelf RealisationSanskrit
Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.2Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Mundaka Upanishad
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Mundaka Upanishad
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MuU.3.1.2
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GraceSelf-RealisationSoul

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