Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 16
Now the question arises, as to how a man, should attain salvation. The answer is, that as a roasted or boiled seed, does not germinate, similarly, when a striver only has the aim of God-realization, all the worldly seeds perish, his egoism changes, and he attains salvation. The Lord, in this chapter, has mentioned three fruits of demoniac nature. Here in this verse, He mentions the first fruit, as bondage. The worldly minded people, who perform actions, with a desire for their fruit, (as described in the verses from the forty-one to the forty-fourth of the second chapter and also in the twentieth and twenty-fast verses of the ninth chapter), also belong to the category of those, whose actions are conducive to bondage. The intellect of those, who hanker after worldly pleasure and prosperity, is many branched i.e., their desires are endless. They perform actions, in order to fulfil their desires, which result in rebirth [2]. Similarly, those, who perform sacrifices, in order to gain heavenly pleasure, enjoy heavenly pleasure, being purged of their sins, which were obstacles to the attainment of heaven, having enjoyed extensive heavenly world, return to the world of mortals, on the exhaustion of their merits [3].
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