Returning back to the tenacious ego, to further scorch and fry it, I wish to cite a verse from GVK as follows :
Since the other two impurities (karma and maya) grow only by depending upon the ego (anava), the root attachment, when the ego is destroyed the other two by no means can survive.
Verse 733, GVK, Tr. Sri Sadhu Om
Sri Sadhu Om says that the three impurities are anava, karma and maya. The word ‘anava’ means ego and is derived from the word ‘anu’ meaning atom. Why the ego is called ‘anava’ has been explained by the sage-poet , Sri Muruganar himself as follows :
“ The delusion of identifying the body, which is not-Self, as ‘I’ is the inner or the first attachment. Since this delusion makes us feel Self, which is in truth the unbroken consciousness, as an atom-like thing in the body, it is called ‘anavam’. “
So, the delusion of identifying the body as the Self or as ‘I’, which in truth is Sat,Chit, and Anand Swarupam Supreme Reality, is the inner or the first attachment. This attachment with the body makes us feel the Self as an atom-like entity within the limit of the body.
Thus, the Supreme, Unbroken and Infinite Consciousness is felt like an infinitesimal atom like entity that is the ego within the body. However, we should, at the same time, not forget that there exists neither even infinitesimal atom nor the dot-like ego. Self is the only Reality and Existence.
Sri Bhagwan says, “ The eternal, blissful, and natural state has been smothered by this life of ignorance. In this way the present life is due to killing of the eternal, pristine Being. Is it not a case of suicide ? So, then everyone is a suicide.”
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Moreover, Sri Bhagwan has repeatedly said that the very birth of the ego is the greatest sin.
Thank You,
Anil