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Ätmasiddhi diabetic patient is advised to reduce or avoid sweets and fats. The third part of the stanza therefore states that the instructions of a Guru constitute the dietary directives for controlling the disease. The last part deals with medication. It prescribes that contemplating about the nature of the soul and meditating over it constitute the medication to overcome the disease.
It is stated that a spiritual aspirant should stay in meditation as long as possible and when he cannot do that, he should resort to contemplation. These are two primary aspects that the worldly soul needs to concentrate on. It is obvious that no one wants to get unhappiness or encounter death. It can therefore be surmised that every living being looks for lasting happiness and immortality. Since these attributes are inherent within the soul, it would be helpful to ponder over the same during contemplation and meditation.
But this is subject to the instructions (commands) of the Guru. It is noticed that many people resort to contemplation and meditation, but their illusion of the Self does not disappear. This is due to the fact that they ignore the third stipulation (to follow the Guru's instructions). Therefore, if one follows the instructions of the Guru and resorts to the prescription of contemplation and meditation, his longstanding disease of illusion would, no doubt, be cured. If one thinks deeply over this, he will understand that there is no other way to cure illusion.
જો ઈચ્છો પરમાર્થ તો, કરો સત્ય પુરુષાર્થ; ભવસ્થિતિ આદિ નામ લઈ, છેદો નહિ આત્માર્થ.
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