Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 14
Na dvesli sampravrttani na nivittani kanksati:- Illumination is the effect of Sattva, activity of Rajas and delusion of Tamas. A transcendental person, does not hate illumination, activity and delusion, when these are present, nor does he long for them, when they are absent. It means, that he does not hate them by thinking why they have evolved, and that they should disappear, nor does he desire, that they should continue or they should evolve, again. A person, who has transcended the three modes of nature, remains indifferent, to them. One thing, arises as 'cropping up of thoughts' while another is, 'to be engaged in thoughts' (have feelings of attachment and aversion). There is a world of difference, between the two. The former is cosmic, while the latter is personal. We are not responsible for what happens in the world, but we are held responsible, for what we do. Moreover, by having attachment and aversion for worldly activities, we assume our affinity with them i.e., we become a doer and so we have to get the fruit. If we do not assume our affinity, with these, we cannot be responsible for them, and we will not, have to reap their fruit (because they are performed by the body, a fragment of the world) in the same way, as we are not held responsible for the numberless actions, which are performed, in the world, through cosmic power. So a striver, should have neither attachment nor aversion to good and evil propensities, evolved from the three modes of nature i.e., he should not assume affinity with them.
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