Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 15
No one can answer it. Similarly suppose we don't know Sanskrita language, then how long has this ignorance of ours been? We can't tell it. It means that the existence of the persons, our existence and the existence of Sanskrita language, have already been there, but their familiarity is not there. Similarly at the time of forgetfulness also the existence of God remains the same. God is ever-attained but we are forgetful of Him, viz., we have no eye on Him, we have disinclination for Him, we are unfamiliar with Him and we have the wrong notion that He is unattained to us. On the discovery of God, this forgetfulness is gone and He is attained. The method to discover Him is to get detached from (renounce) that which is non-existent - 'asangasastrena drdhena cliittva'. Renunciation means to be disconnected with it and to reject it by assuming that it has no existence, no value. Therefore detachment from the world implies the discovery of God. In Srimadbhagavata it is mentioned - 'atattyajanto mrgayanti santah' (10/14/28).
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