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Chapter 5
Chinnadvaidha:—So long as, a striver does not have a firm resolve to realize God, he has duality, in his mind. But when he has a firm resolve, his doubt or duality disappears, and he is promptly engaged in spiritual practice.
Kainakalmasah:—Affinity for nature (prakrti) is the root, of all sins and evils. When a striver realizes, that he (the self) is different from nature and its evolutes, such as body, senses, mind and intellect etc., he accordingly becomes free from all sins and evils.
Rsayah:—The term 'Rs, means knowledge. He who attaches importance to knowledge (discrimination), is a 'Hsi' (sage or holy man). In the olden days, sages attained God-realization, by leading a householder's life. In this verse also, there is a description of those strivers, who practise spiritual discipline with discrimination, in order to realize God while performing mundane duties. Therefore, strivers who attach importance to their discrimination, are also sages (holy men).
Labhante brahmanirvanam:—In fact, Brahma (God) is attainable by all human beings. But having identified himself with the kaleidoscopic body etc., a person has a disinclination for God. When his affinity for the perishable objects, such as the body etc., is renounced, all sins, evils and doubts are destroyed, and he attains Brahma (God), Who pervades everywhere.
The Lord, explains by the word 'Labhante' (attains), that a Sankhyayogi merges in Brahma (God), in the some way as waves merge in sea. As waves, are not different from the sea, as both of them are one and the same, in the same way, the soul and the supreme soul, are one and the same.
Appendix:—From the view-point of the people a Jnanayogi is seen to be devoted to the welfare of others (sarvabhutahite ratah) but in fact he does not do good to others but good (welfare) to others is naturally done by him.
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