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Chapter 12
Santusto yena kenacit:- Other people, hold that a devotee is content, with bare means of bodily maintenance, but in fact, he is not content with mundane objects and circumstances. He is content constantly, as he remains engrossed, in devotion to God. So, he remains even-minded, in favourable and unfavourable circumstances, by regarding these as happenings of His sweet will.
content constantly, as he remains engrossed, in devotion to God. So, he remains even-minded, in favourable and unfavourable circumstances, by regarding these as happenings of His sweet will.
Aniketah:- 'Aniketah', is not he who is homeless, but one who is not attached, to a feted abode, whether he is a householder, or an ascetic. A devotee, is not at all attached to his dwelling place, to his body (gross, subtle and causal), and has not the least, sense of mine, with these.
Sthirematih:- A devotee, has neither any doubt nor contrary feeling, about the existence and form of God. He remains firm in mind, about it without any proof, such as scriptures etc., because, he always naturally remains engrossed in Him.
Desires, are stumbling blocks of steady-mindedness (Gita 2/44). Therefore, when a man completely casts off desires, he is called, 'steady in mind' (Gita 2/55). When a person, has desire to derive pleasure, out of contact of senses with sense-objects, he is attached to the world. This attachment, to the world is not renounced, even by regarding the world, as unreal in the same way, as a person gets attached to cinema, even by regarding the scene (persons and objects) as unreal or fake, or he is reminded of old scenes, by thinking of them, though he knows that they do not exist, at that time. Therefore, so long as a man has desires, from the heart for worldly pleasures, his worldly attachment, cannot be renounced, even by considering the world false or fake. Attachment, strengthens the independent existence of the world. When desire for mundane pleasures, is renounced, attachment for the world automatically perishes, and then the independent existence of the world, ceases to be, and the mind gets fixed on God.
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