Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 14
Appendix:—'Na vicalyate', 'avatisthati' and 'nengate' - in fact these three expressions have the same meaning. But the purpose of giving these three expressions is that the transcendental exalted soul remains fixed (established) in the Self. He neither wavers himself nor can be moved by anyone else. 'To do', 'to be or to occur' and 'is'—there are these three states. If 'to do' is changed into 'to be' and 'to be' is changed into 'is', then ego is totally wiped out. A worldly minded person (not a striver) holds, "I am doing actions"- 'ahankaravimudhatma kartahamiti manyate' (Gita 3/27). He, who becomes a doer, has to become an enjoyer also. The striver with the predominance of discrimination, realizes that 'actions are occurring'- 'guns gunesu vartanta' (Gita 3/28) viz., 'I do nothing'- 'naiva kmcitkaromiti' (Gita 5/8). But he who has realized the Self, such an enlightened exalted soul realizes only an entity ('is')- 'yo'vatisthati nengate'. That divine entity equally pervades all actions. Actions come to an end but the consciousness remains the same. An exalted soul, instead of having an eye on actions, has an eye only on the conscious entity ('is').
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