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The other word for equanimous - madhyastha - is 'tatastha' (acte ). The banks of a river are called 'tata' ( 72 ). One who is standing on the banks ( 72 ) is tatastha ( 12 ). Such a person is not touched by water. Neither does the coolness touch him, or if the Sun has warmed the water, neither does the warmth of the water touches him. He does not get drawn into the flowing waters. The ripples rising on the surface do not affect him nor does he have the fear of drowning into a whirlpool in the deeps. A person standing on the banks of a river knows everything about the river, yet nothing about the river affects him. There are no odds or evens.
It is just that! A person, standing with his nature on the banks of the worldly feelings, is neither affected by the worldly temptations nor the good or bad reasons. He does not get transformed into the results of attachment and aversion. Not just that, even in practical life he will speak only when he thinks it is fit to do so and will keep mum if there are chances of a mishap. He goes beyond such situations. The equanimous person is conscientious. In all fields of life, he always places the prudent intellect in the forefront and as a result in the spiritual path when he is able to anlayse between the animate and the inanimate, the Bheda Vijnana dawns upon him.
But here, Srimadji says that it is the misfortune of the poor Matarthi that such virtues of self-search do not abound in him. And as such he is always embroiled in thoughts of attaining the material world. Yet Srimadji is confident that if the understanding arises in a Matarthi jiva, he too can observe his own shortcomings, eliminate them and become an Atmarthi. Hence, Srimadji says -
लक्षण कह्यां मतार्थीनां, मतार्थ जावा काज, a The 31641611-I, BITCH 378 GHG..... 33
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