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Life And Works of śrīmad Rajchandra householder and had to do necessary duties as such. He has explained the reasons as to why he could not give up the world, though he had acquired a very high stage of vītarāgatā. He could not avoid discharging those duties as it was his destiny or karmabandha of his past. Describing this state, he has also reminded others that his self was stable in its nature. He has also said that his soul was practically emancipated. 54
Recording his contentment with his spiritual achievements, śrīmad says that as he had become conscious of his (self's) naure, he had acquired everything he had desired and nothing remained to be gained, nor was there anything to be renounced, as he was firmly stable in his nature.55 He describes his achievement by saying that though he was still a householder and was having some problems reagrding worldly life, he was in intense and unwavering introvert psyhic state (avikalpa samādhi) and therefore worldly problems were no problems at all, and his internal samādhi had become a usual state for him. Of course, he very much desired to have physical (draiya) samādhi also, but could not achieve it because of his karmabandha.56
We find that he declares himself to be totally free
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