Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
When the motivated action is renounced, it does not bind and the prohibited action does not get performed, because of its prohibition. Just as when the head is cut off, the body falls down, so with the relinquishment of fruit, the obligatory action gets destroyed. As with the harvesting of the crop the growth of the plant stops, so when all actions are destroyed with the relinquishment of their fruit, the knowledge of the Self, comes in search of such relinquishes. In this way, those who relinquish the fruits of all obligatory actions and renounce the optional actions, they become fit for the knowledge of the Self (126-130). If any try to abandon the actions somehow, they will not be able to do so, but will get more and more involved in actions. If a physician prescribes medicine without a proper diagnosis of the disease, the medicine proves fatal, like poison. Or if one does not partake of food, will he not die of hunger? Therefore, one should not give up action, which is not fit to be abandoned and one should not pursue out of greed that action, which is fit to be abandoned. The abandonment of action without knowing the trick of relinquishment becomes a burden; but men who are indifferent to the world, do not even take a look at such actions. |
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