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Mbh.1.92.5025	Yayati answered, The wise, with the help of the Vedas and of Knowledge, having ascertained the visible universe to be illusory, instantly realises the Supreme Spirit as the sole existent independent essence.
Mbh.1.198.9868	Accompanied by all those Indras, the god Isana then went unto Narayana of immeasurable energy, the Infinite, the Immaterial, the Uncreate, the Old, the Eternal, and the Spirit of these universes without limits.
Mbh.1.215.10520	Followed by Brahmanas conversant with the Vedas and their branches and devoted to the contemplation of the Supreme Spirit, by persons skilled in music, by ascetics devoted to the Deity, by reciters of Puranas, by narrators of sacred stories by devotees leading celibate lives, by Vanaprasthas, by Brahmanas sweetly reciting celestial histories, and by various other classes of persons of sweet speeches, Arjuna journeyed like Indra followed by the Maruts.
Mbh.1.223.10889	In consequence of Yudhishthira's influence, the good fortune of all the monarchs of the earth became stationary, and their hearts became devoted to the meditation of the Supreme Spirit, and virtue itself began to grow every way all round.
Mbh.3.30.1452	Like a pearl on its string, or a bull held fast by the cord passing through its nose, or a tree fallen from the bank into the middle of the stream, every creature followeth the command of the Creator, because imbued with His Spirit and because established in Him.
Mbh.3.180.8936	O my son, the sentient being, reaping the fruits of his actions, thus transmigrates through these conditions; but the regenerate and wise man reposes his soul in the everlasting Supreme Spirit.
Mbh.3.180.8948	The knowledge of it is ordained as the chief duty of persons meditating on the Supreme Spirit'
Mbh.3.180.8974	And I was struck with wonder on seeing this power of his austere virtues; and therefore, have I questioned thee about the attributes of the Supreme Spirit and of Brahmanas.
Mbh.3.182.9109	In course of birth, mature or immature, or while ensconced in the womb, in every condition, they with spiritual eyes recognize the relation of their soul to the supreme Spirit.
Mbh.3.187.9283	O best of those that have attained the knowledge of Supreme Spirit, there is none equal to thee in years except the great-minded Brahma living in the most exalted place.
Mbh.3.210.10857	Such a person is styled by the omnipotent, intelligent Spirit as one who is without beginning and without end, self-existent, immutable, incorporeal and incomparable.
Mbh.3.212.10891	And it is the highest of a creature's possessions; it is of the essence of the Supreme Spirit and we adore it.
Mbh.3.212.10906	This is the way by which patient Yogins who have overcome all difficulties, and who view things with an impartial and equal eye, with their souls seated in the brain, find the Supreme Spirit, the Prana and the Apana airs are thus present in the body of all creatures.
Mbh.3.212.10908	Know that sattwa, rajas and tamas, are the attributes of all life and that life is the attribute of spirit, and that the latter again is an attribute of the Supreme Spirit.
Mbh.3.212.10914	Such a pure-minded person living on spare diet perceives the Supreme Spirit reflected in his own, and by practising concentration of mind in the evening and small hours of the night, he beholds the Supreme Spirit which has no attributes, in the light of his heart, shining like a dazzling lamp, and thus he attains salvation.
Mbh.3.212.10925	They call these the attributes of the Supreme Spirit.
Mbh.3.212.10927	By foregoing the objects of both pleasure and pain and by renouncing the feelings which bind him to the things of this earth, a man may attain Brahma Supreme Spirit or salvation.
Mbh.3.270.13166	And the great god Vishnu who is the Infinite Spirit, the Lord Preceptor of all the gods, is the Supreme Being without attributes, and the Soul of the Universe, and existeth pervading the whole creation.
Mbh.3.270.13180	The Supreme Spirit hath three conditions.
Mbh.5.46.2608	That which flieth away stretching forth thousands of wings, yea, if endued with the speed of the mind, must yet come back to the Central Spirit within the living organism in which the most distant things reside.
Mbh.6.34.1610	I am the knowledge of Supreme Spirit among all kinds of knowledge, and the disputation among disputants
Mbh.6.37.1751	Know that Nature and Spirit are both without beginning and know also that all modifications and all qualities spring from Nature
Mbh.6.37.1753	For Spirit, dwelling in nature enjoyeth the qualities born of Nature.
Mbh.6.37.1756	He who thus knows Spirit, and Nature, with the qualities, in whatever state he may be, is never born again.
Mbh.6.37.1767	As the single Sun lights up the entire world, so the Spirit, O Bharata, lights up the entire sphere of matters.
Mbh.14.13.377	The Yogi who holds communion with the Supreme Spirit, knows Yoga to be the perfect way to salvation by reason of the practices of his many former births.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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