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स्फुरतोऽनन्तरूपेण प्रकृतिं च न पश्यतः, क्व बन्धः क्व च वा मोक्षः क्व हर्षः क्व विषादिता। ॥70॥

sphurato'nanta-rūpeṇa prakṛtiṁ ca na paśyataḥ, kva bandhaḥ kva ca vā mokṣaḥ kva harṣaḥ kva viṣāditā. (70)

This verse suggests that for someone who truly understands their true self and sees beyond the temporary nature of the world, concepts like bondage, liberation, joy, and sorrow lose their meaning. They recognize the deeper reality of the self that transcends all these experiences.

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