Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 11
Appendix:—In the preceding verse there is the illustration of rivers and in this verse there is the illustration of moths. Moths out of their folly, being enamoured of blazing fire, themselves rush into the blazing fire in order to enjoy light, but rivers flow towards the ocean in order to merge in it and to lose their separate identity. Therefore those men who have a desire 'to take' are like moths and the men who have a desire 'to give' are like rivers. The feeling 'to take' is insentience (matter) and the feeling 'to give' is sentience (consciousness). When a man has the notion 'to take' from others, then forbidden actions are performed by him but when a person has the notion 'to give' to others, then virtuous actions are done by him. He, who has a desire 'to take', goes to heaven (paradise) while he who has a desire 'to give' attains salvation. The reason is that the feeling of 'getting' from others leads to bondage while the feeling of 'giving' to others leads to salvation. |
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