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age, youth and old age.
“Oh. Son of Kunti”, the Lord said, "the sensual objects of the world which cause the feelings of pleasure and pain are transitory and should be ignored. Therefore, the one who is not tormented by such contacts becomes eligible for immortality.”
The Lord then pointed out that “in this world the things, which are unreal have no existence while the things which are real can never be destroyed.” If this is so, the question would be what are the things which are real and unreal ? The Lord himself supplied an answer by saying that the element, which pervades the whole universe (Soul) is real, and the physical bodies, which hold this reality are unreal as they are found to be destroyable.
The person who is required to destroy the unreal while performing his duty as well as the unreal thing which is the subject of destruction - both of them do not know that the thing which is real is never destroyed by mere destruction of the unreal.
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