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The man who takes hold of a crocodile
to cross a river, thinking it is a log

One who wants to gratify the body and still see the Atman, is like the man who takes hold of a crocodile to cross a river, thinking it is a log, and is thus destroyed.

Shri Shankaracharya, Viveka Chudamani, v. 84

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The man who takes hold of a crocodile to cross a river, thinking it is a log

The man who takes hold of a crocodile
to cross a river, thinking it is a log