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Avirhotra Instructs on Karma Yoga
“That ignorant man who fails to control his senses and neglects to do his prescribed duties which are laid down in the Vedas is led to do evil actions and he repeatedly becomes subject to birth and death on account of impiety for the non-performance of prescribed duties.
“He who actually performs his proscribed duties, which are enjoined upon him by the Vedas without attachment and egoism, and offers his works and fruits to the Supreme Lord, attains to that state or Moksha, in which actions and its effects do not affect him. The promise of fruits in the Vedas is intended to create interest in the actions and to urge man to do actions.
“He who wishes to cut soon the knot of the heart (Hridaya Granthi), which consists of ignorance, egoism, desire and Karma may also, by the aid of Tantric rites, worship the Lord in the ordained methods.
“He should first obtain the grace of his preceptor and follow the mode of worship pointed out by him.Then he should worship the supreme Purusha through any image which he heartily likes and which is most congenial to his mind.
“He should observe the rules of cleanliness and sit facing the idol or the object of worship. He should purify the body by the control of breath and other practices. Thereafter he should adore Sri Hari.
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