[Advaita-l] Rope-snake example in Upanishads

[Praveen R. Bhat]

​Namaste,

Apologies, fixing the incomplete translation, which is missing adjectives
to brahman.
​

> *Niralambopanishad*
> अज्ञानमिति च रज्जौ सर्पभ्रान्तिरिवाद्वितीये सर्वानुस्यूते सर्वमये ब्रह्मणि
> देवतिर्यङ्नरस्थावरस्त्रीपुरुषवर्णाश्रमबन्धमोक्षोपाधिनानात्मभेदकल्पितं
> ज्ञानमज्ञानम् ॥ १४ ॥
> ​​
> And [as to what is] अज्ञान is [answered as follows]: अज्ञान is the
> [delusory] knowledge, [that causes] superimposition of varieties of
> non-selves based on the manifold adjuncts, gods, animals, immovable
> (trees), women, men, varNas, stages of life, bondage and liberation, upon
> ​*​
> ​non-dual, all-pervasive, all-inclusive*, ​
> ब्रह्म, like
> ​the delusion
> ​
> of snake in the rope.
> ​​
>
>