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Chapter 13
asaktiranabhitvangah putradaragrhadisu
nityam ea samacittatvamistanistopapattisu
Non-attachment, non-identification of the self with son, wife, home and the like and equanimity in all desirable and undesirable, happenings. 9
Comment:-
Asakti:- Attachment to perishable worldly objects, persons and circumstances etc., is 'Sakti'. Absence of that attachment is called, 'Asakti'. A man, is attached to them, to seek pleasure, from them. He feels pleasure, while there is contact. But real joy, reveals itself, with termination of the contact (Gita 6/23). So, it is indispensable to renounce, attachment for the mundane for a striver.
Remedy:- Pleasure, which is derived from the contact of senses, with their objects, seems like nectar at first, but is like poison in the end (Gita 18/38). One, who enjoys pleasures born of contact, has to bear suffering. So, by thinking of their result a striver, is not attached to them.
Anabhisvangah putradaragrhadigu:- Close association with one's sons, wife, house, wealth and cattle etc., is really assumed. A man, is so much identified[1] with them, that he regards their sickness and death etc., as his own. So, a man should not identify himself, with them.serving you, accept their service, without deriving any pleasure, out of it.
Remedy:- Render service, to your kith and kin, without expecting any service or reward in return. If they take pleasure, in serving you, accept their service, without deriving any pleasure, out of it.
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