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never re-eaten by any one; for which, their indifference is said to be sharp and acute.
RESULT OF INDIFFERENCE. So long as the glitter and show of the werld continues, A person knows not what is good for bim; But when its uprcality is ascertained, He abandons it, as a snake docs a ripe slough
(kanchri). Till the glitter and pomp,, the show and dazzle of the objective world ccase to exist as a reality, a person is bcpt after the acquisition of material comforts, his attachment for wealth, wife, family, friends ctc., continues, and he is thus debarred from ascertaining what is good and bemolicial for him ; but with the springing of discrimination he begets indifference ; then the blissful abode of heaven even, appears worthless; for it is liable to destruction at a distant date, and he discards them altogether, just as & snake leaves off its ripe cast of skin.
In the individual qualified for knowledge, there is not present indifference only, but the other means of knowledge too.
Devoid of sin, with mental restraint, gift and good
works, He has quieted his passion and desire and abandoned
all inclination for wealth. Thus is he desirous of release and very fortunate.
A person engaged in good works for the sake of Iswara, from whom sin has been removed, in other words, who is pureminded and tranquil from devotional exercise, and has res. trained the internal organ so as to destroy its fickleness, who is utterly indifferent to material happiness which he has abandoned, is said to be very fortunate ; because with his destruction of ignorance and its product the material world, he begets
