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Aila Gita
No passion arises for anything that has not been seen or heard. Therefore the mind of a man who controls his senses gets steady and tranquil. It becomes calm and fit for concentration on the Lord.
Therefore no association through the senses should be made with women or with those who run after women, because the passions cannot be trusted even by men of wisdom. What then needs be said of those like me (full of strength, wealth, position, passion and egoism)?’
Thus singing, Pururavas the King of kings left the region of Urvasi, shook off the delusion through knowledge, realised Me and attained the bliss of Self-realisation.
Therefore the wise man should avoid bad company and associate himself with the righteous and the wise. Their company would make him unattached and purge his mind of all desires.
The wise desire nothing. They are independent and do not accept any gifts. They devote their mind to Me, have a calm mind and see Me equally everywhere. They are free from the notions of ‘I’ and ‘Mine’ and are beyond the pairs of opposites. They are free from attachments of any kind.
O blessed one, they constantly talk of Me and those who listen to talks or stories about Me are absolved from their sins.
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