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Chapter 15
Mamaivat do jivaloke'- This expression reveals the feeling that we assume God as ours but God knows us as His own. When a man (the Self) takes refuge in God, then he also comes to know that the Lord is his - `mameva ye prapadyante mayametam taranti te' (Gita 7/14).
A man (the Self) is an eternal fragment of God; therefore his real valour consists in accepting his affinity with God viz., in assuming God as his own. In physical valour an action is important which is performed only for the world because the body is a fragment of the world. But in the valour of the Self, the feeling is important. Therefore freedom from evils, detachment, and the sense of mine with God - these are valorous feelings of the Self. By being free from evils, a man becomes useful for the world. By being detached from the body and the world, he becomes useful for himself. If he assumes God as his own, he proves useful for God. Without being free from evils, a man can't be useful for the world. Without being detached from the body and the world, a man can't be useful for himself. Without having the sense of mine with God, a man can't be useful for God.
I should be free from evils, I should be detached, I should be a lover of God—the realization of such necessity is a man's valour. But first of all a striver should accept that he can be free from evils, he can be detached and he can be a lover of God. For that a striver should know that from the view-point of the world all beings are one, from the view-point of the soul also all are one and from the view-point of the Lord also all are one. Therefore as we have the feeling for the welfare of our body, similarly we should have the feeling to promote the welfare of all bodies; or as we remain untainted and unconcerned with other bodies, so should we remain unconcerned with this body also. If we assume the identity of this body with all other bodies, we can be free from evils. Having renounced attachment to all bodies including our body, we can be detached (established in the Self). Having renounced attachment to all bodies as well as to the world, we can be the lovers of God.
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