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Chapter 10
Appendix:—People attach importance to money because things can be acquired (gained) by paying money. Things are gained by paying money but they don't evolve, but from God all things evolve and are also gained. Therefore those who realize God's glory instead of getting entangled in the greed for petty money, worship God- : sa sarvavidbhajati mam sarvabhavena bharata' (Gita 15/19).
The Lord declares that all objects and persons emanate from Him (sham sarvasya prabhavah) and He is the root of all actions (mattah sarvam pravartate). But a man (the self) by having affinity with objects and actions, by assuming them as his and by becoming their enjoyer and doer, gets bound. When he becomes the enjoyer of objects, the objects lead him to bondage, and when he becomes the doer of actions, the actions lead him to bondage. If he neither becomes an enjoyer nor a doer, there is no bondage for him,
Whatever glory is seen in the world is emanating from God. The fact has been mentioned in Gita by the Lord by the term 'mattah' several times as
mattah parataram nanyatkincidasti' (7/))
"of this world there is no other cause or effect besides Me."
" matte eveti tanviddhi' (7/12)
'These (Sattvika, Rajasa and Tamasa) modes are evolved from Me—know them so.'
bhavanti bhava bhatanam matte eva prrhagvidhah' (10/5)
'These diverse feelings (intellect, wisdom, non-delusion etc.) of creatures emanate from He alone.'
mattah smrtir jnanamapohanam ea' (15/15)
'I am the soiree of memory, knowledge and reasoning faculty.'
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