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रागद्वेषौ मनोधर्मौ न मनस्ते कदाचन, निर्विकल्पोऽसि बोधात्मा निर्विकारः सुखं चर। ॥3॥

rāga-dveṣau mano-dharmau na manaste kadācana, nirvikalpo'si bodhātmā nirvikāraḥ sukhaṁ cara. (3)

This verse teaches that our feelings of desire and dislike are just thoughts of the mind, which is not truly who we are. Instead, our true nature is pure intelligence, unchanging and joyful, beyond these mental fluctuations.

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