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Chapter 10
When a man controls others, with egoistic and selfish feelings, he experiences a sort of joy. In this joy, his power is mitigated and he, whom he controls, becomes a slave. Therefore, instead of this control, there should be such control, in which there is no selfish or egoistic feeling, it involves welfare of others and their freedom from suffering since eternity and attainment of supreme bliss—this is excellent and is supreme control. At the top of it, stands the Lord's control, and that is called 'Yoga'.
The term 'Yoga', also stands for equanimity, union with God and power. The Lord is all-powerful. All power, comes from Him only. This power is partly revealed in man, if he becomes desireless. On having desires, the power decreases, and on effacement of desires, power is accumulated. By working continuously, this power is exhausted and by repose, it is gained, as a man gets tired, by speaking continuously, he regains power by silence. Power is lost in creation, and gained, in dissolution. It means, that power is mitigated by affinity with Nature, and regained by renunciation.
Yo vetti tattvatah:- A discerning man, knows that whatever singularity is seen in the universe, is the power and glory of the Lord. As a goldsmith, while making ornaments of different kinds, always keeps in mind, that in them there is nothing besides gold, a striver should behold every person, object or action, as a manifestation of the Lord, because all persons and objects etc., are kaleidoscopic and perishable; so they have no singularity of their own.
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