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Chapter 5
A man is free to make the right use of objects, such as body etc., but he is not free to regard these as his own. If he, instead of regarding these as his own, offers them to God, by regarding them as His, he attains Supreme Peace.
Suhrdañr sarvabhutanam jnatva mam santimrcchati:—Those, who know[1] that God, Who is the Lord of the lords of all me worlds, is a disinterested friend of all beings; and no one else does them so much good as He, and no one preserves them and loves them so much as He, they attain Supreme Peace. Why should we be full of fear, worry, disturbance and disquietude etc., when the omnipotent Lord is the disinterested friend, of all of us?
Only God and his devotees, are interested in the welfare of living creatures, in a selfless manner. There is nothing unattained that should be attained (Gita 3/22) by Him; therefore, He is naturally a disinterested friend of all. A devotee, also thinks of the welfare of all beings and does good to them (Srimadbhagavata 3/25/21). The disinterested nature of devotees, has descended upon them, only from God.
God is the Enjoyer of all sacrifice and austerities. He is the great Lord of all the worlds, and He is the most disinterested friend, of all beings. Out of these three facts if strivers accept just one, they attain Supreme Peace in the form of God-realization. If they accept all the three, God, is realized instantaneously.
'Desire', 'a sense of mine for worldly objects' and 'disinclination for God', are the three stumbling blocks to God-realization. The Lord, by the expression 'Bhoktaram yajnatapasam', means to say, that a striver should have no desire and should do nothing for himself. By the expression 'Sarvalokamaheivaram He means to say, that he should regard nothing as his i.e., he should renounce the desire for pleasure, and should not lay claim to objects and persons. By the expression 'Suhrdam sarvabhutanam', He says that he should regard only God as his. If he accepts one of these facts the remaining two are automatically translated into practice by him, and he realizes God.
A man, can renounce desire for pleasure, only if he does not regard any being or object as his. If he has a sense of possession over them, he will expect some reward or the other, from them. When a striver renounces the desire for pleasure, his sense of mine, is renounced; and if he renounces the sense of mine, his desire, for pleasure is renounced. When he renounces his senses of mine for all objects and persons, only God remains his, and he realizes his real affinity, for Him. As soon as, the desire for pleasures is renounced, or the sense of 'mine' is renounced, or the striver realizes his real affinity for God, he attains Supreme Peace, because if he translates anyone of these into practice, the remaining two, are automatically translated into practice.
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