Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 16
Thus because of his attachment to life-breath, he possesses demoniac nature[1] There is one vital point, which needs special attention. He has a desire to live, it means that he (soul), can live alive. He (soul), being a fragment of the Lord, is imperishable but by having affinity of Tess and mineness with the body, he assumes the death of body, as his own death. Similarly, he wants to be wise, with the help of the intellect, and he has a desire to be happy, and maintain his name and fame, even after his death by identifying himself, with the body. But the intellect and the body, are perishable and insentient, while he (soul) is imperishable, and sentient. So, how can the perishable (unreal) and insentient, provide knowledge, (wisdom) and happiness, to the imperishable (real) and the sentient? Thus when he is connected with the unreal, he, in spite of being an embodiment of Truth, Knowledge and Bliss, has desire to live, to gain knowledge and to be happy. He wants these desires, to be fulfilled by the perishable world. Thus demoniac nature is manifested, in him. But when he renounces his affinity with the unreal, the demoniac nature perishes, and divine nature, is revealed in him.
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References
- ↑ When a man identifies himself with the body he is attached to the life-breath by having the desire to live happily. This identification gives birth to the demoniac nature. Therefore the embodied who are mentioned in the Gita by the terms Dehavadbhih' (12/5) and Dehinam' (3/40; 14/5,7), should be included among those who possess demoniac nature.