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इच्छत्येकांतसंवासं, निर्जन जनितादरः ।
निजकार्यवशात्किचिदुक्त्वा विस्मरति द्रुतं ॥४०॥ The seeker after the Self longs for solitude, prefering dissociation with men; if he has to speak to men for a purpose of his own, he puts it out of his mind as soon as it is said ! Note :-Solitude is absolutely necessary for pure self-contemplation.
ब्रुवन्नपि हि न ब्रूते गच्छन्नपि न गच्छति ।
स्थिरीकृतात्मतत्त्वस्तु, पश्यन्नपि न पश्यति ॥४१॥ He who has firmly established himself in the knowledge of the Self,
ne does not speak while speaking, does not move while moving and does not see while seeing !
Note :-When a man has put his faith firmly in the Self his actions cease to bind, that is to say, affect him. His activity in such a case ceases to be volitional and becomes automatic, as it were. Of such a being it is correct to say that speaking he does not speak, moving about he does not move about, and seeing he does not see.
किमिदं कीदृशं कस्य, कस्मात्क्वेत्यविशेषयन् ।
स्वदेहमपि नावति, योगी योगपरायणः ॥४२॥ The ascetic immersed in the process of self-realization has no awareness of even his body. being undisturbed by questions such as what is the soul ? What is its nature? Who is its master ? From whom is it derived ? Where does it reside ? and the like.
Note :-In the culminating samadhi (the condition of entrancement of self-realization) thought is over-powered by the thrilling pulsation of the joyousness of self-feeling. Consequently, no question arises as to the nature, attributes, etc., of the soul-substance. The entire soul is then filled with the rapturous rhythm of a life that is at once illumined and blissful by its own light and the inherent ecstasy of delight. In that state there can, of course, be no engrossment of the conscious faculty with the idea of the physical personality or its basis and abode, the body of matter,
यो यत्र निवसन्नास्ते, स तत्र कुरुते रति ।
यो यत्र रमते तस्मादन्यत्र स न गच्छति ॥४३॥ He who abides in a place, becomes, attached to the place, he who takes a liking to a locality does not give it up to go elsewhere?
Note:- This is the general rule. When a person likes a place he sticks to it does not think of leaving it and of going to another place. Similary, the ascetic who loves the state of the samadhi of self-realization never
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