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Subtler than the subtle, like the cream that rises beyond the butter — knowing him as Śiva, hidden in all beings, the one encompasser of the universe, knowing God, one is freed from all bonds.

घृतात् परं मण्डमिवातिसूक्ष्मं ज्ञात्वा शिवं सर्वभूतेषु गूढम् । विश्वस्यैकं परिवेष्टितारं ज्ञात्वा देवं मुच्यते सर्वपाशैः ॥ १६॥

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Tradition: Hindu
Source text: Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Chapter: Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Verse / page: SU.4.16
Topics: Self-Knowledge God Immortality

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Two birds, companions bound together, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit; the other looks on without eating.

द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते । तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति ॥ १॥

Just as 'I' is not the house, similarly, 'I' is not the body even. 'I' is in fact a spirit originating and flowing from God, a ramification of the divine entity. The value of human life or importance of the human body comes from the very realisation of this fact.

Whoever is ignorant of himself is yet more ignorant of other things; and inasmuch as a man is bound to know God, he must first know himself, in order that by rightly perceiving his own temporality he may recognize the eternity of God.