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Chapter 13
Appendix:—As the sun illumines the entire universe and in its light all the good and evil actions are performed but the sun is neither the doer nor the enjoyer of those actions. Similarly the self illumines all the bodies of the entire universe viz., provides existence and agility to them, but in fact it itself neither does any action nor is tainted viz., it is neither a doer nor an enjoyer. It means that the pure self takes no pride in illumining the bodies of the entire universe.
Only one, who can do a work, is responsible to do it. As however expert a painter may be, he can't make a painting without the material (colour and brush etc.,) similarly the self can do nothing without the help of `prakrti', therefore the self cannot be responsible at all to do any action. This is everyone's experience that we can do nothing without the body. Therefore the body is of use only, if we want to do an action with it. If we don't want to do any work, then what is the use of the body? It is of no use. If we don't want to see any object, what is the utility of the eye for us? If we don't want to hear, what is the use of the ear to us? In the performance of physical actions, the physical (gross) body is used. In reflection and meditation, the subtle body is used. In trance, the causal body is used.[1] If we do nothing with these three bodies, what is their use to us?
The body and the actions performed with the body are useful for the world. The self is a divine entity, therefore the body and the actions performed with the body are of no use for the self. The self lacks nothing, it is self sufficient, therefore we need nothing for ourselves. Besides the divine entity (self), there is none else because the reality can be only one, not two. Therefore we need no companion. Thus when we have no affinity with any action (doership), nor we have any relation with the thing to be acquired through desire, nor have we any affinity with the possessions (sense of mine), the identification with 'Prakrti' will be cut asunder. With the breach of identification with 'Prakrti', the activity will take place but there will be no one as doer or an enjoyer (Gita 13/29).
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