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भवोऽयं भावनामात्रो न किञ्चित् परमार्थतः, नास्त्यभावः स्वभावानां भावाभावविभाविनाम्। ॥2॥

bhavo'yaṁ bhāvanā-mātro na kiñcit paramārthataḥ, nāstyabhāvaḥ svabhāvānāṁ bhāvābhāva-vibhāvinām. (2)

This verse suggests that the universe is just a way of thinking and doesn't have true existence. However, the true nature of both the Self and the universe remains unchanged and eternal.

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