Scripture class by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati on Devi Gita, chapter 2, verses 15 through 17 given to students of the Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir via Zoom on 2 April 2025. जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यादौ दृश्यस्य व्यभिचारतः |संविदो व्यभिचारश्च नाऽनुभूतोऽस्ति कर्हिछित् || १५ ||jāgrat-svapna-suṣuptyādau dṛśyasya vyabhicārataḥ |saṃvido vyabhicāraśca nā'nubhūto'sti karhichit || 15 ||15. "The visible world appears and disappears constantly in the various states of waking, dream, and deep sleep." यदि तस्याऽप्यनुभवस्तर्ह्ययं येन साक्शिणा |अनुभूतः स एवाऽत्र शिष्टः संविद्वपुः पुरा || १६ ||yadi tasyā'pyanubhavastarhyayaṃ yena sākśiṇā |anubhūtaḥ sa evā'tra śiṣṭaḥ saṃvidvapuḥ purā || 16 ||16. "Even if this consciousness itself became an object of perception, then the witness of that perception would abide as the real pure consciousness, as before." अत एव नित्यत्वं प्रोक्तं सछास्त्रकोविदैः |आनन्दरूपता चऽस्याः परप्रेमास्पदत्वतह् || १७ ||ata eva nitya-tvaṃ proktaṃ sachāstra-kovidaiḥ |ānanda-rūpatā ca'syāḥ para-premāspadatvatah || 17 ||17. "And so those versed in religious treaties regarding the real declare consciousness to be eternal. Its nature is bliss, for it is the object of supreme love."