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Chapter 12
Lokannodvijate ca yah:- A devotee, is also not agitated by any being because of two factors
- A devotee may have to face unfavourable circumstances, but having known the reality and because of great devotion for God, he remains so much engrossed in his devotion, that he beholds God, everywhere in every being, object and action etc. So he beholds the Lord's pastime only. Thus, he is not agitated by any action.
- A man is agitated only when someone does anything against his desire or belief etc. But as a devotee has no desire, he is not at all excited.
Harspmarsabbayodvegairmukto yah sa ca me priyah:- When the Lord declares, that a perfect devotee is free from joy, He means to say, that he remains free from evil or modifications, such as Rajasika or Tamasika joy etc. But it does not mean, that - he is free from joy but it means that his joy is eternal, uniform and unique. His joy does not undergo any modification, when he either acquires perishable mundane objects or loses them. He ever feels happy, after beholding, God and His pastime.
A common man, is envious of other persons' good fortune, wealth, knowledge, glory and honour etc. Sometimes even strivers are envious, of other strivers' spiritual progress. But a perfect devotee, is totally free from this evil, because for him in the entire universe, there is no independent existence of any being, except of God.
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