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Detachment succeeds only with ...
The pursuit of the three-fold path invokes the spirit of detachment and the soul is relieved of all karmas. Not until detachment is invoked, can the attachment with the inanimate be avoided. The passion for the inanimate results in the efforts to achieve them. So long as the desire for the inanimate remains, the mind remains preoccupied with the ways and means of acquiring them. This preoccupation obstructs the knowledge acquired by the intellect from touching the soul.
Here, two archetypes of Jivas have been referred to - the ritualistic (F4155) and the wizened wise (Puerî). On one hand, the ritualistic jiva, in spite of performing the rituals is unable to invoke the spirit of detachment. He may be superficially performing all the rituals assigned by the religion, the sect and the tradition, yet the affinity that is within him for the passions, for the inanimate is unfettered. The wizened wise jiva, on the other hand too, is in much the same predicament. He may be waxing eloquent about knowledge, may be describing the nature of atma in a high-sounding language, may be able to explain it all to others, yet within himself the passions are unhindered, he is at a tangent from the plane of right conduct. He treats bondage and liberation as mere figments of imagination. Thus, neither the path followed by the ritualistic nor the one indicated by the wizened wise leads to Moksa.
Srimadji tells us how an equilibrium is to be sought amidst the two, in the next couplet (1721) —
वैराग्यादि सफळ तो, जो सह आतमज्ञान,
da 3 3144şıltit, afaravni fH .....8 What is Vairagya ? It is in fact a specific form of attachment (FTI). The term needs to be understood clearly. While attachment has been totally denounced, Vairagya at the same time has been rated as most respectable. Then what does Vairagya mean? Being
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