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Avadhoota’s Story
“Surely I must have done something in my previous births to propitiate Vishnu, for it is by His grace alone that this Vairagya [1] cutting at the root of all unholy desires, has arisen in my mind. Through His grace only, I have attained the way to ever lasting happiness and peace.
“If the Lord had not been propitious to me, such disappointments, as lead to renunciation and dispassion, would not have arisen, which enable one to abandon all attachments and attain happiness.
“I accept, with humble devotion, this gift of the Lord on my head. I now abandon all vain expectations and evil desires and take refuge in the Supreme Lord. Contented, full of faith in the Lord, living on what chance brings to me, I shall enjoy the eternal bliss of the Lord, Paramatman. Who else but the Lord can save this Jiva who has fallen into the deep pit of Samsara [2], with eyes blinded by the objects, with the vision robbed by the senses, and who is swallowed up by the serpent of Time.
“When one realises the evanescence of this universe, when he beholds the universe in the jaws of the serpent of Time, he will surely and firmly scorn the fleeting, doubtful, worthless, illusory pleasures of this world and the next. He will become very cautious, turn himself away from the illusory sense-objects and will seek repose in the eternal bliss of his own Atman. When one becomes disgusted with everything else, Atman is the protector of Atman, the Self alone is the saviour of oneself.”
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