Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 461

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 8 Yog With The Imperishable God यदक्षरं वेदविदो वदन्ति विशन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागा:। यदिच्छन्तो ब्रह्राचर्यं चरन्ति तत्ते पदं संग्रहेण प्रवक्ष्ये ॥11॥ [ “I shall tell you briefly of the ultimate state which knowers of the Ved call the imperishable, and which is realized by men who aspire for it, act without desire, and practise continence.’’ ] As was observed in the exposition of the fourteenth verse of Chapter 6, continence is uninterrupted concentration on God through a rejection of ail external associations from the mind rather than a mere curbing of the sexual urge. Constant meditation is true continence, for it is this that brings about perception of God and the final absolution. Such an exercise is the restraint of not one sense, but of all senses. Men who can do this are true celibates. What Krishn is going to tell Arjun about this discipline is therefore something that is fit to be cherished by all hearts.