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GĪTA, TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY, CHAP II 907
एषा ब्राह्मी स्थितिः पार्थ नैनां प्राप्य विमुह्यति ।
स्थित्वा स्यामन्तकालेऽपि ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृच्छति ॥७२॥ above must also be taken here. The Gītā has nowhere preached that the Sthitaprajña should become a mendicant. On the other hand, it has been clearly stated in the 64th stanza, that he should freely 'move about among the objects of sense', keeping his senses under control. Therefore, the word' caratı' must be interpreted here as performs Action' or' takes part in worldly affairs'. Sri Samartha (Rāmadása) has given, in the latter half of the Dāsabodha, an excellent description of how the desireless scient' (Sthitaprajña) takes part in worldly affairs; and the same is the subjectmatter of Chapter XIV of the Gītā-Rahasya. ) (72) O Pārtha ! this is (called) that Biāhmic state; having attained this, the man does not remain in ignorance ; and remaining in this state even at the end (that is, at the moment of death), he attains Release in the shape of brahmanirvana' (that is, of merger in the Brahman).
[The Brāhmic state is the ultimate and the best state in Karma-yoga (See Gi. Ra. Ch. IX pp. 319 and 344); and the important point about it is, that when this state has been reached, there is no more any Ignorance. This important point is particularly mentioned here, because, even if a man on any particular day experiences the Brāhmic state for a short time, he does not thereby get any permanent benefit. Because, if that man is not in that state of mind at the moment of death, he cannot escape re-birth according to the desire which may be in his mind at the moment of death (See Gi. Ra. p. 398) Therefore, in describing the Brāhmic state in this stanza, it is particularly mentioned that the Sthitaprajña maintains this state of mind even at the moment of death (cf. "antakāle 'pu", that is, 'even at the moment of death'). The importance of the Mind being pure at the moment of death has been described in the Upanisads (Chăn. 3. 14. 1; Prašna. 3. 10.), and later on in the Gītā itself (Gi. 8. 5-10). As desire-prompted Action is the reason for being re-born several times, it is clear
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