13. Yonder Brahman is described by the words of the sacred texts as
not to be known, nor to be reasoned about, and as devoid of all
desire; but thou art within the range of speech and of thought; how
shall there be oneness of thee and Brahman?

14. Thou art verily bereft of thy understanding, O individual Soul,
by the darkness of this doctrine of Maya, while thou constantly
proclaimest like a madman "I am Brahman"; where is thy sovereignty,
where thy empire, where thy omniscience? There is as vast a
difference between Brahman and thee as between mount Meru and a
mustard-seed!

15. Thou art a finite soul, He is indeed all-pervading; thou
standest only on one spot, while He is everywhere always; thou,
being of a moment, art happy and unhappy; He is happy at all times;
how canst thou say "I am He"? Fie! art thou not ashamed?

16. Glass is glass, and a gem is a gem; a shell is but a shell,
and silver is silver; there is never seen a transposition
[Footnote: Dr. Banerjea (__Dialogues__, p. 379) reads __kadapy
atyayajnanam, i.e.__ vyabhichara; but all the MSS. which I have
compared read __na kada vyatyaya__ (or __vyatyaya.m__) __jnanam;
kada__ seems irregularly used for __kadapi__, as it is also in
sl. 113, __c.__] among them. But wherever other things are
imagined, to be found in something else, it is through an error;
and so it is when the soul utters such words as "that art thou!"

17. The meaning of the word "__that__" (__tat__) is an ocean of
immortality, filled with manifest and supreme felicity; the