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Chapter 12
In other words the mind and intellect are diverted from the world but they cannot grasp God, therefore they lose their independent existence and only God remains.
In the Path of Knowledge the Self is important while in - devotion God is important. Therefore a Inani gets established in the Self `samaduhkhasukhah svasthah' (Gita 14/24), while a devotee gets established in God `nivasisyasi mayyeva'. By getting established in the Self, constant (akhanda) bliss is relished and by getting established in God infinite (endless) bliss is relished which increases every moment. By getting established in God, a devotee beholds God everywhere (Gita 6/30) because he has already had the feeling that,God is omnipresent.
In this verse the fixation of the mind, the intellect and the Self is in sequence. When the Self is fixed, ego is wiped out.
In love (devotion), the mind is fixed; in faith, the intellect is fixed. `Fixation of the mind and intellect on God' means to love God and to have esteemed belief in God viz., having renounced lovingness and value for the world, only to love and value God.
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