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9. And for this very reason without another ruler
9. And for this very reason without another ruler
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9. And for this very reason without another ruler

9. And for this very reason without another ruler.

Since the released soul realises all its wishes, it does not stand under another ruler. For to be under a ruler means to be subject to injunction and prohibition, and to be such is opposed to being free in the realisation of all one's wishes. Hence Scripture says, 'he is a Self-ruler' (Kh. Up. VII, 25).--Here terminates the adhikarana of 'wishes.'

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