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Chapter 15
It means that God cannot be realized, through insentient objects, such as the body, senses, mind and intellect etc., but, He can be realized by renouncing affinity (attachment), for them. So long as a striver, depends upon them, he cannot realize God. God can be realized, through mind and intellect etc.,- this belief is a blunder. But, as soon as, he depends only on Him, without depending on any other object, He is attained, without delay.
Mattah smrtirjnnnamapohanam ca:- Smrti, means the recollection of an object or incident etc., which was perceived in the past, by a person, but which he forgot. There is difference between 'Smrti (recollection) and 'Cintana' (thinking). There is 'Smrtti of something of the past, while there is 'Cintana' of something new. So there is 'Smrti of God, while there is 'Cintana', of the world, because the world did not exist before, while God has existed, since time immemorial. There is not so much power in 'Cintana, as is there in 'Snutti . In 'Smrti' there is less sense of doership, while in 'Cintana, there is more sense of doership. This recollection can be of two kinds—natural and by effort. The former is automatically remained in the self, while the latter is made by intellect.
Memory is of two types- One is resorted to, while the other is automatic (natural). The former is through intellect, while the latter is, through the self. Natural recollection aids a man, to renounce his affinity for the world, instantly. So, the Lord declares that He is a source of this natural-recollection (memory).
What is the memory? Memory is that the soul in spite of being a fragment of God, by an error, has an inclination for the world and a disinclination for God. But when a man rectifies this error, and realizes that he is only God's, and not of the world, it is called 'Smell (memory or recollection) (Gita 18!73). In memory, no new knowledge or experience, is gained. There is only a revelation of a fact, which he forgot, that a person, has his real affinity for God.
A man (the soul) is naturally endowed with, selflessness (Karmayoga), Self-realization (Jnanayoga or the path of knowledge) - and Devotion to God, (Bhaktiyoga or the path of devotion). But, he has forgotten these since time immemorial. Once he regains - this memory, he never loses it, because it is regained (aroused) in the self, rather than in the intellect. The memory of the intellect, can be lost, when intellect becomes dull.
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