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Means of Self-Rcalization etc., are abandoned. This can be practised, of course, with great difficulty, while one is a house-holder or a family- man and not a monk.
Now, we may discuss the importance of vairāgya and upaśama. It may be said that abandoning ārambha and parigraha is a primary or preliminary effort and developing and practising vairāgya and upasama is the higher effort in the pursuit of the goal of an aspirant.
In this connection we can profitably refer to the verses of Atma-siddhi ’, which warn an aspirant that unless sacrifice and vairāgya are accompanied by ātmajñāna, they can bring no good. 104
In verse 7, Śrîmad reminds that unless there is vairāgya and sacrifice, the aspirant cannot hope to acquire ātma-jñāna, but if he is only content with sacrifice and vairāgya, he is bound to miss his self.105, An aspirant therefore, should develop sacrifice and vairāgya in his heart and he should also be mindful of his self and ātma-jñāna.
The importance of vairāgya is very well described by Bhart;hari in a famous verse, which reads :
Bloge rogabhayam kule cyutibhavam vitle nrpālādbhayam,
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