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Gandhi's Teachers : Rajchandra Ravjibhai Mehta
बाह्यक्रियासमासक्ता विवेकविकला नराः। ज्ञानमार्ग निषेधन्तस्तेऽत्र क्रियाजड़ा मताः।।४।।
People with confused discretion are attracted to external activities. Such people, engrossed in lifeless rituals, negate the knowledge path.
बंध, मोक्ष छे कल्पना, भाखे वाणी माहि।
वर्ते मोहावेशमा, शुष्क ज्ञानी ते आंहि ।।५।। - 'कल्पिती बन्ध-मोक्षौ स्तः' इति वाग् यस्य केवलम्।
चरितं मोहनापूर्णे तेऽत्र ज्ञानजड़ा जनाः ।।५।।
Some people say that both bondage and liberation are illusions. These are the people with barren knowledge and their own conduct is full of delusions.
6 वैराग्यादि सफल तो, जो सह आतमज्ञान। तेम ज आतमज्ञाननी, प्राप्तितणां निदान ।।६। वैराग्यादि तदाऽवन्ध्यं यद्यात्मज्ञानयोगयुक् । तथैव हेतुस्तश्चेव विवेकज्ञानप्राप्तये ।।६।।
Renunciation etc. is fruitful only in association with soul knowledge. Otherwise, it is only for the gaining of discretionary knowledge.
त्याग, विराग न चित्तमां, थाय न तेने ज्ञान। अटके त्याग विरागमां, तो भूले निजमान ।।७।। यस्य चित्ते न त्यागादि न हि स ज्ञानवान् भवेत्। ये तु त्यागादिसंसक्ता निजतां विस्मरन्ति ते॥७||
Those who do not have renunciation etc. in the heart cannot be with knowledge (of self). Those who are only preoccupied with (external) renunciation etc., become forgetful of the ideal of self.
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