Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Mission

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Third Fundamental-Soul as Kartä
Had the soul been entirely unbound, why do you not experience that? In absolute sense it is unbound, but that is subject to realization. (76)
Explanation & Discussion: In chapter two we had discussed Nishchay Naya, the absolute point of view. From that point of view soul is unbound and stays pure forever. The Sänkhya and Vedänt philosophies are based on that. While presenting the case of soul not being Kartä, the pupil had resorted to that viewpoint and had argued that soul is the embodiment of total purity; it always remains spotless and unadulterated. It cannot therefore be involved in anything that would attract Karma particles. As such, it should stay unbound. This argument is more or less analogous to the stand point of bare knowledgeable persons.
The Guru now points out that what the pupil had said is right from the absolute point of view. But that is the supreme state denoting the state of liberation. Liberated souls are pure and stay pure forever. But the worldly soul remains involved in the situations occurring from time to time. It feels elated when a situation is favorable, and gets depressed when it is not. Thus it continues to indulge in craving and aversion.
Had the worldly soul been unbound and unadulterated, the pupil should have been able to experience the purity within him. The fact that he does not experience it shows that his inherent pure state is not still manifest. The same way all the worldly souls are far from purity. The Guru therefore states that the soul is inherently unbound, but presently that state is dormant. One therefore needs to make effort for manifesting that state. If one abides within
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