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TRANSLATION AND ANALYSIS
અપૂર્વ અવસર એવો કયારે આવશે? ક્યારે થઈશું બાહ્યતર નિગ્રૅન્ચ જો ? સર્વે સંબંધનું બંધન તીક્ષ્ણ છેદીને, વિચરશું કવ મહત્ પુરુષને પંથ જો ? અપૂર્વ...૧
When will I attain that spiritual stage Which I have never before experienced?
When will I break off
The internal and external bonds due to desires?
When will I totally eliminate
The strong bondage of all relationships
And follow the path of great souls?
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Shrimad starts this great poem with a statement of his ultimate goal: Liberation of the soul from the cycles of birth and death and the achievement of ever lasting happiness, peace and bliss (MOKSHA). His very first step to achieve this goal is to eliminate desires and hence break internal and external bonds, i.e. to become NIRGRANTH.
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It is interesting to note that he starts with internal purity first and then goes into external relationships and expresses a strong desire to eliminate both.
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