The gross body which is composed of the seven humours (dhatus), I am not;

the five cognitive sense organs, viz., the senses of hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell, which apprehend their respective objects,

viz. sound, touch, colour, taste and odour, I am not;

the five conative sense organs, viz., the organs of speech, locomotion,

grasping, excretion and procreation, which have as their respective functions, speaking, moving, grasping, excreting and enjoying, I am not;

the five vital airs, prana, etc., which perform respectively the five functions of in-breathing, etc., I am not;

even the mind which thinks, I am not;

the nescience too, which is endowed only with the residual impressions of objects and in which there are no objects and no functionings, I am not

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After negating all of the above-mentioned as ‘not this’, ‘not this’, that Awareness which alone remains – that I am.