18. From the proof of the absence of _ego_ and the world, the operations of the mind and the sight of visibles, all come to an end, and there remains nothing for thee to care for or fear. 19. Whatever is not is a naught altogether, and the rest are as calm and quiet as nil in existence; knowing this as certain be enlightened, and fall no more to the false error which has no root in nature. 20. Being purged from the stain of fancy, you become as purified and sanctified as the holy lord Siva for ever, and then the sky will seem to thee as a huge mountain, and the vast world will dwindle to an atom. (This is done by two powers of _adhyáropa_ and _vyapadesa_ or expansion or contraction in yoga). CHAPTER XVI. EXTINCTION OF VIDYÁDHARA (CONTINUED). Argument:—Entrancement of the Vidyádhara at the end of the Discourse in favour of Non-egoism. Bhusunda continued:—As I was lecturing in this manner, the chief of the vidyádharas became dull in the consciousness (_i.e._ unconscious of himself), and fell into the trance of _samádhi_—_anaesthesia_. 2. And notwithstanding my repeated attempts, to awaken him from that state (of insensibility); he did not open his eyes to the sight lying before him, but was wholly absorbed in his nirvána-extinction. 3. He attained the supreme and ultimate state, and became enlightened in his soul (by what I had instructed him); and made no other further attempt to know what he sought. (The attempts to know God, besides _sravana_ or attending to the lectures of the guru, are reflection, meditation _etc._). 4. (Here Vasishtha said to Ráma:) It is therefore, Ráma, that I related this narrative to exemplify the effect of instruction in pure hearts, where it floats like a drop of oil on the surface of water (_i.e._ where it does not sink down nor is lost). 5. This instruction consists in forgetting the existence of the _ego_ in the Supreme spirit, this is the best advice and there is no other like this; and this is calculated to give peace and comfort to your soul. 6. But when this advice falls in the soil of evil minds, it is choked up and lost in the end; as the purest pearl falls from the surface of a smooth mirror (or piece of glass). 7. But good advice sticks fast in the calm minds of the virtuous, and it enters into their reasoning souls; as the sunlight enters and shines in the sunstone. 8. Egoism is verily the seed of all worldly misery, as the seed of the thorny _simul_ tree grows only prickles on earth; so is meity or the thought that this is mine, the out stretching branch of this tree. 9. First the seed _ego_, and then its branch of meity or mineness, produce the endless leaves of our desires; and their sense of selfishness, is productive of the burthensome fruits of our woe and misery.