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Chapter 16
A person may ask for forgiveness, in two ways:-
- A person asks for forgiveness having done something wrong, in order to escape punishment.
- A person asks for forgiveness, having done something wrong, with the intention that he will never do any wrong. This sort of forgiveness, leads to progress.
Now the question arises, as to how to inculcate, forgiveness. The answer is, that if a person does not expect any reward for his actions, from others nor does he wish to do wrong to the wrong-doers, the virtue of forgiveness, develops in him.
Dhrtih:- The unwavering steadiness or fortitude, by which one remains balanced, in favourable and unfavourable circumstances, is Dhrti' (Gita 18/33).
In the mode of goodness, a man possesses the virtue of fortitude, while he loses it, in the mode of passion and ignorance. A striver, who decides me aim of his life, neither gets disheartened in calamities, nor is overwhelmed with joy, in prosperity. He does not divert his attention, by adverse and favourable circumstances. He wants to attain the goal, with unwavering steadiness, like a pilgrim, who on his pilgrimage to Badrinarayana, does not care for favourable or unfavourable circumstances, and moves ahead patiently and promptly, to reach his destination.
Saucam:- Purity is of two kinds—external and internal.[1] A striver, having the aim of God-realization, maintains, external purity, because it leads to internal purity, while a person, who has internal purity, cannot tolerate external impurity. Paranjali has said, that a striver, having external purity, hates his body and does not desire to mix with others. It means, that when a striver maintains the purity of his body by clay and water etc., he realizes, that all bodies are impure and so other bodies have no attraction for him i.e., his desire to derive pleasure, out of contact with other bodies perishes.
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