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Chapter 6
Link:—In the previous verse, Lord Krsna explained the marks of a Yogi and by giving the terms 'Yada' (When) and 'Toda', (Then) explained, that man is free in attaining Yoga viz., inattaining Self-realization. So, Lord Krsna inspires every human being to uplift himself by his own self.
uddhareditmanitmanam natmanamavasadayet
atmaiva hyatmano bandhuratmaiva ripurstmanah
Let a man emancipate himself by his own self; and not degrade himself; for he himself is his friend as well as his enemy. 5
Comment:-
Uddharedatmanatmanam:—A man should lift himself by his own self. It means, that he should lift himself, above the body, senses, mind, intellect and life-breath, because all of these belong to matter (nature) and have identity with matter, while his self, is a fragment of God and has identity with Him. It also means, that he should lift himself from the limited 'I', to the unlimited 'Self'. So, for God-realization, there is no need to depend, on the insentient, the unreal, because attachment for the unreal, or dependence on the unreal, is the main obstacle to God-realization. There is no need of the body, senses, mind and intellect, to attain God Who is one's own. He, is in him, exists now and here, because the real cannot be attained by the unreal, the real, can be attained by renouncing connection with the unreal.
Secondly, as it was explained in the previous verse, a man should cease to have any attachment for objects, actions and thoughts, and raise himself above them. It is everyone's experience, that objects, actions and thoughts, have a beginning and an end. They are born and decay; are united and disunited, but his self remains the same, without the least modification. Therefore; detachment from these means, lifting himself by his own self.
Man possesses discrimination, by utilizing which, a striver can lift himself and can realize God. A striver, by following the Discipline of Knowledge, can discriminate between the real and the unreal, and thus get established in his own self. A striver, following the Discipline of Devotion, accepts that he is God's and God is his, and this feeling leads him to God-realization. A striver, following the Discipline of Action, by using discrimination, utilizes the so-called body, senses, mind and intellect in rendering service to others and thus by breaking off his affinity with them, gets established, in his own self. Thus, his discrimination leads him to God-realization, whatever discipline, he may follow.
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