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Chapter 5
Things are not acquired by mere desires. To get a thing or not to get a thing, does not depend upon mere desire, but it is God's dispensation. Then, what is the difficulty in discarding desires when they cannot procure us objects? No one, can escape death and acquire things by desiring. But if desires are renounced, life can be blissful. If a person has no desire to live, even death will provide him joy. Life becomes sad, when he has desires and these are not satisfied; and death appears horrifying, when he has a desire to live. Therefore, he who has renounced the desire to acquire things, as well as to live is liberated, even during this life and he becomes immortal.
Sada mukta eva sah—The assumption of affinity for the perishable objects, is bondage while renunciation of this assumed affinity, is liberation. He, who is liberated is not at all influenced, by any incident, circumstance, praise, blame, favour, disfavour, life and death etc. The expression 'Sada mukta eva', shows that in fact, a striver (the self) is ever liberated, but he cannot realize the reality, because of his assumed affinity (attachment) for the perishable world. As soon as, this assumed affinity is renounced, he realizes his natural state of liberation or salvation.
Appendix:—'Shutting out external objects' means to detach the self from the body "I am not the body; the body is not mine and the body is not for me." Every striver will have to accept these three facts whichever spiritual discipline he may follow. If we don't accept our affinity for the body, salvation is axiomatic.
In me twenty-fourth verse me term 'antah' was used, therefore here the term 'bahya' (external) has been used. In fact there is nothing external but it is merely an inclination. The term 'bahya' is used when we assume that them is another entity but in fact there is only one entity. Therefore the expression 'sparsankrtva bahirbabyan' means there should not be the assumption at all of any other existence besides the Divinity.
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