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Gita Madhurya -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter II
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If we regard it as immutable, there can't be any grief. But if we regard it as mutable. are we not likely to grieve? If you regard this soul as constantly taking birth and constantly dying, you should not grieve either because one who is born is certain to die and one who has died is sure to be reborn. Therefore you should not lament over the inevitable.(26-27) It is O.K. not to lament for the soul. But it is natural to lament for the body. Why should we not lament for it? All beings were unmanifested before they were born, and will become unmanifested again, when they are dead. They are manifested only in their intermediate stage. So why to lament?(28) Then why is there lamentation? There is lamentation because we don't know this fact. How to know it? It is not perceived by senses, mind and intellect. So one beholds it as marvellous, another mentions it as marvellous, another hears of it as marvellous. So it can't be known by hearing viz., it is perceived by the self.(29) Then what is the nature of this soul? O Arjuna, this soul residing in the bodies of all is certainly invulnerable. By knowing this you should not grieve for any being.(30) |
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