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अहो जनसमूहे’पि न द्वैतं पश्यतो मम, अरण्यमिव संवृत्तं क्व रतिं करवाण्यहम्। ॥21॥

aho jana-samūhe’pi na dvaitaṁ paśyato mama, araṇyam-iva saṁvṛttaṁ kva ratiṁ karavāṇyaham. (21)

In this verse, the speaker expresses a sense of unity and oneness with everything around them, even in busy places filled with people. They feel detached from worldly attachments, as if they are in a peaceful forest, reflecting on the nature of existence.

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