75. The wicked cannot understand the difference between the embodied
and the Supreme Souls; the great reason for this is a mind possessed
by an evil obstinacy in favour of the doctrine of Illusion; just as
the tongue of those who suffer from excess of bile cannot taste the
sweetness of molasses, nor the eyes of those afflicted with gutta
serena or jaundice see the whiteness of a shell.

76. He by a particle of whose intellect thou, O Soul, hast been
produced the foremost of intelligent beings--say not, O knave, that
thou art __He__; for who but the ingrate desires to seize the seat
of his Master?

77. A particle of intelligence has been deposited in thee by the
supreme Lord in His mercy,--it becomes thee not, O knave, to say
that therefore thou art God; just as if some evil-minded man had
received elephants, horses, and infantry from the king and then set
his heart on seizing his kingdom.

78. He under whose control is that mighty illusion which deceives
the three worlds, He is to be recognized as the Supreme Lord, the
adorable, essentially thought, existence and joy; but he who is
himself always under her control like a camel drawn by a string
through his nostrils, is to be recognized as the individual soul,--
vast indeed is the difference between the two!

79. Having studied the doctrines of the Sa"nkhya, Ka.nada, and
Gautama, and the doctrine of Patanjali, the doctrines of the
Mima.msa and Bha.t.tabhaskara [Footnote: Colebrooke's Essays,
vol i. p. 359.], --amidst all the six current systems,--let the wise
tell the final conclusion if they can as to the real nature of the