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Answers by Citing the Lord's Version
461
rameta gata-sammohas tyaktvodāste tadobhayam
yarhi —at any time;  vāva —certainly;  mahimni —in the glory;  sve —of himself;  parasmin —in the Supreme;  kāla —time;  māyayoh —also the material energy;  rameta —enjoys;  gata-sammohah —being freed from misconception;  tyaktvā —giving up;  udāste —in fullness;  tadā —that;  ubhayam —both.
TRANSLATION
As soon as the living entity becomes situated in his constitutional glory and begins to enjoy the transcendence beyond time and material energy, he at once gives up the two misconceptions of life [mine and I] and thus becomes fully manifested as the pure self.
PURPORT
The two misconceptions of life, namely “I” and “mine,” are verily manifested in two classes of men. In the lower state the conception of “mine” is very prominent, and in the higher state the misconception of “I” is prominent. In the animal state of life the misconception of “mine” is perceivable even in the category of cats and dogs, and they fight with one another with the same misconception of “mine.” In the lower stage of human life the same misconception is also prominent in the shape of “It is my body,” “It is my house,” “It is my family,” “It is my caste,” “It is my nation,” “It is my country,” and so on. And in the higher stage of speculative knowledge, the same misconception of “mine” is transformed into “I am,” or “It is all I am,” or “I,” etc. There are many classes of men comprehending the same misconception of “I” and “mine” in different color. But the real significance of such “I” can only be realized when one is situated in the consciousness of “ I am the eternal servitor of the Lord. ” This is pure consciousness, and the whole Vedic literatures teach us this conception of life.
The misconception of “I am the Lord,” or “I am the Supreme,” is more dangerous than the misconception of “mine.” Although there are sometimes directions in the Vedic literatures to think oneself one with the Lord, that does not mean that one becomes identified in every respect with the Lord. Undoubtedly there is oneness of the living entity with the Lord in many respects, but ultimately the living entity is subordinate to