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Chapter 12
Tulyanindastutih:- Praise or censure, is generally concerned, with one's name. This is, done by others. People praise or blame, a devotee by his name. A devotee, has neither egoistic feelings, nor a feeling of 'mine, m his name and body. So he remains totally unaffected, by praise or blame. He has neither attachment for a person, who praises him nor aversion for a person, who blames him.
Common people, feel elated by praise or pained by blame, while strivers, blush from praise, and become cautious by blame. But an enlightened devotee, remains equanimous, in praise and blame, though for the good of others sometimes, he may behave, like strivers, blushing on hearing praise and being cautious on being blamed.
A devotee, beholds God, everywhere. So he remains unaffected by praise and blame, and does not make any distinction, between those who praise him and those who blame him. Moreover, he does not perform forbidden (evil) actions, and as far as, good actions are concerned, he thinks that it is He, Who was making him an instrument, performs them. So he remains even-minded, in praise and blame.
Mauni:- An enlightened devotee, is called 'Mann (thoughtful), because he naturally thinks of God. He beholds God, in every thought that comes to his mind (GIG 7/19). He constantly thinks of Him, only.
Here the term 'Mauni (silent), cannot be taken for a person, who is restrained in speech, because by doing so, devotees who propagate devotion, and divine discourse, through speech, will not be called, devotees. Moreover, if silence (restraint in speech) had made a person a devotee, it would have been very easy, for anyone to become a devotee, merely by becoming silent and there would have been innumerable devotees, though only a few devotees exist. Besides, even a hypocrite, can remain silent. So, here the term 'Mauni, stands for an enlightened soul, who thinks of Gad.
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