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Chapter 10
Appendix:—Though Karnayoga and Jnanayoga—both these disciplines are the means while Bhaktiyoga (the Discipline of Devotion) is the end, yet the Lord confers on His devotees Karmayoga (equanimity)—'dadami buddhiyogam tam' and also confers Jnanayoga—`jnanadipeaa bhasvata'. Apara (the lower) and para (the higher)—both these praketis (natures) are God's. Therefore the Lord by showering His grace, confers on His devotee Karmayoga in which there is predominance of apara and also Jnanayoga in which there is predominance of para. Therefore a devotee easily attains 'niskamabhava' (selflessness) which a Karmayogi wants to attain; and also Self-realization which a Jnanayogi wants to attain. Having attained Karmayoga, good to the world is done by a devotee and having attained Jnanayoga, the devotee's (self's) identification with the body is annmilated.
A devotee remains contented and engrossed in thinking of God and in loving Him. He neither feels that he lacks anything nor he feels that he needs to gain anything. As a child totally depends on its mother, it does not think of its needs. The mother fully takes care of it, she bathes it, she changes its clothes when they are dirty. Similarly when a devotee surrenders himself totally to God by holding, 'As I am, I am God's and only God is mine', he does not think of himself. Therefore the Lord, dwelling in his self, destroys his darkness, born of ignorance, by the luminous lamp of wisdom. A child is specially stupid (deluded) while a devotee is specially discriminative.
The main duty of a devotee is to assume the Lord as his own. When a devotee discharges his duty, the Lord also discharges His duty, and without the demand, without the desire of the devotee, of His own accord, confers on him the power of both—Karmayoga and Jnanayoga so that he may not lack anything.
In Karmayogi there is Bliss in the form of peace, in Jnanayoga there is constant Bliss (akhandarasa) and in Bhaktiyoga there is infinite (endless) Bliss (anantarasa). In `santarasa' and 'akhandarasa'—'anantarasa' is not included but in 'anantarasa' both—'santarasa' and 'akhandarasa' are included.
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