Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 12
Nirmamo nirahankarah:- It is inevitable for every striver to be free from the sense of mine and egoism; therefore in the Chita the Lord, in Karmayogi, Jnanayoga and Bhaktiyoga - all the three, has mentioned the strivers to be free from them - in Karmayoga `nirmamo nirahankarah sa Santimadhigacchati' (2/71), in Jnanayoga 'ahairkaram vimucya nirmamah Santo brahmabhuyaya kalpate' (18/53) and in Bhaktiyoga `nirmamo nirahankarah sama duhkha sukhah ksami' (12/13). In this connection, a point needs special attention that in fact the self is free from the sense of mine and egoism. Egoism (I'ness) and sense of possession (mineness)—both are assumed in the Self, they are not real. Had they been real, we could have never been
free from the sense of mine and egoism and the Lord would have also not ordered Arjuna to be free from the sense of mine and egoism. But we can be free from the sense of mine and egoism, therefore the Lord states so. |
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