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Chapter 12
Nirmamo nirahankarah:- It is inevitable for every striver to be free from the sense of mine and egoism; therefore in the Chita the Lord, in Karmayogi, Jnanayoga and Bhaktiyoga - all the three, has mentioned the strivers to be free from them - in Karmayoga `nirmamo nirahankarah sa Santimadhigacchati' (2/71), in Jnanayoga 'ahairkaram vimucya nirmamah Santo brahmabhuyaya kalpate' (18/53) and in Bhaktiyoga `nirmamo nirahankarah sama duhkha sukhah ksami' (12/13). In this connection, a point needs special attention that in fact the self is free from the sense of mine and egoism. Egoism (I'ness) and sense of possession (mineness)—both are assumed in the Self, they are not real. Had they been real, we could have never been
free from the sense of mine and egoism and the Lord would have also not ordered Arjuna to be free from the sense of mine and egoism. But we can be free from the sense of mine and egoism, therefore the Lord states so.
In Karmayoga, first 'desire' is renounced, then a Karmayogi naturally becomes free from the 'sense of mine' and 'egoism' (Gita 2/71). In Jnanayoga, first 'egoism' is renounced, then a Jnanayogr naturally becomes free from the 'sense of mine' (Gita 18/53). In Bhaktiyoga, a devotee dedicates himself to God, then by God's grace, he naturally is freed from the 'sense of mine' and 'egoism'.
Mayyarpitamano buddhiryo madbhaktah sa me priyah:- Here the expression 'mayyarpitamano buddhih' stands for the person who has dedicated himself to God. When the self in dedicated, then mind and intellect are naturally dedicated. When the self is dedicated, then mind and intellect are naturally dedicated. When the self is dedicated, then nothing remains at all. The reason is that the self is primary (viz., of the first importance) while the body, mind and intellect etc., are of secondary importance. A devotee is a devotee first while as a human being he is second. When a devotee dedicates himself to God, his mind and intellect are also dedicated and then mind and intellect lose their independent existence but only God remains.
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