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અધ્યાત્મતવાલે.
( 70 ) Consequently disattach yourself from body, apply yourself unceasingly to the purification of mind. The achievement of the spritual bliss does not lie in the purification of the body but in that of the mind.
Notes:-V. V. 64-70
The phenomenal souls, being ignorant of the pure nature of the Higher-Self, try to derive happiness in his surroundings, etc., so the disparagement of the body is here pictured to warn those who aspire after true bliss and still take unnecessary precautions and care in the nourishment and decorations of the body, which, truly speaking, does not belong to them. This body is described full of the filth, disease, pain and other substances, conductive to sins. Nourishing the body with delicacy as involved in fragrant baths, in the application of various scented oils and cosmetics to it, in its decorations, in feeding it with dainty food and relishing flavoury drinks, does not tend to spiritual welfare, of course this depreciation of the body, may, on the first sight appear curious to those, who identify their bodies with their souls, but if they stoop to reflect a little on this subject, they would clearly understand the true nature of the body, of running fast into decay and dissolution, in spite of the bëst care and attention bestowed on it. So the author means to convey the idea whereby human beings may avoid over-indulgence in many things for the sake of the wellbeing of their bodies. Though these bodies are impermanent still, they help in evolving within
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