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Also called Vadarika, a hermitage on the Himalaya near the sources of the Ganges.
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Nilakantha explains kshetra as including Mahabhuta, consciousness, intellect, the unmanifest (primordial elements), the ten senses, the five objects of the senses, viz., earth, water, &c., desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, the combinations of elements, and chaitanya.
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Hari here means the developed seed that is to expand into the vast whole of the universe.
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This wheel is the wheel of Time—i.e., measured according to the solar, lunar and astral revolutions. The importance of Ashtavakra's reply is this: May the meritorious deeds performed at proper times, during the revolution of this wheel of Time protect thee.
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Thunder and lightning or misery and death.
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Cloud or the mind.
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The male being that is ever conscious.
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The mundane egg.
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The soul that has renounced connection with the body.
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The heart of a Yogi.