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Chapter 13
anye tvevamajanantah srutvanyebhya upesate
te'pi cititarantyeva mrtyum srutiparayanah
Others ignorant of this (Discipline of Meditation, Knowledge and Action) hearing from others, celebrated souls worship; and they too go beyond death, by their devotion, to what they have heard. 25
Comment:-
Anye tvevamajanantah srutvanyebhya upasate te'pi catitarantyeva mrtyum frutiparayanah:—Strivers, who have a keen desire but who cannot understand in full, anyone of the Disciplines of Meditation, Knowledge or Action, by listening to liberated souls, and by obeying them promptiy, realize the self. As a poor man, receives money from rich people, by carrying out their wishes, a devotee, receives divine knowledge, by obeying great souls. But the difference is, that money is gained when a rich man offers it, and obedience to great souls naturally, leads a man to realize God, Who is automatically attained, as payment of the money, depends on a rich man and his will, but God-realization does not depend, on anyone.
A man regards the body's death as his own by identifying himself with his body. Those, who rely on the advice of saints and great souls, and act according to it, their assumed affinity, with the body is renounced. So, they go beyond death i.e., they become free from the assumption, by which they regarded the death of a body, as their own death.
Such strivers, who rely on the advice of great souls, are divided into three categories:
(1) Those, who do not desire worldly enjoyment, but have only yearning for God-realization; and the great soul they depend on, is really exalted, they attain God-realization, quickly.
(2) Those who have a desire for God-realization, but their mundane desires have not perished, by obeying great souls, first they will be free from worldly desires, and then will attain God.
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