Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 13
If he regards himself, as great because of his wealth and property, it means that wealth and property, are superior to him. Thus he degrades himself by attaching too much importance to these and identifying with them. Therefore Lord advises to view the body etc., as different from the self by this expression. There is bondage for a man if he has assumed his affinity of 'l'ness, and 'mineness', with the body. But, actually he is different from the body. So, if he realizes the truth, that the body being 'Idam' (this), is different from him, he is emancipated. This knowledge, about the body that this is different from the self, is significant, not only for strivers, but also for all human beings, because all of them are eligible for attaining salvation, or emancipation. So the Lord, has made this distinction, between the self and the body, just at the beginning of the gospel.
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References
- ↑ The term 'Ksetrajna' being the object of the verb—'Prahuh' should have the second inflexion but because of the word 'Iti' there is first inflexion.