Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra

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

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Conclusion
Nothing has been stated here from one-sided absolute point of view or practical point of view; both of them have been simultaneously kept in view. (132)
Explanation & Discussion: What was implicitly said in the previous stanza is explicitly presented in this one. There are mainly two ways of looking at anything. One is the absolute viewpoint, which is known as Nishchay Naya. The other is the practical one, which is known as Vyavahär Naya. Both of them are equally important. The absolute viewpoint, without the practical one, would lead to illusion. It can generate fantasy and keep one self-complacent. There is thus the risk of falling downward by exclusively relying upon it.
Similarly resorting exclusively to the practical viewpoint is also fraught with danger. That can lead to a wild thicket of rituality. One is tempted to think that lifeless worship, observance of restraints and austerities, etc. would result in eradication of Karma. Thereby he expects to achieve the favorable situations. He is led to believe that the increasing level of such observances would lead to an ever-increasing eradication of Karma, and thereby one can attain the Karmaless state.
Both these views are one-sided and they are not helpful in spiritual pursuit. One should remember that nothing can be achieved by mere knowledge or by mere physical activity. No activity, in absence of soul-orientation, can do any lasting good; nor does pure concept accomplish anything in absence of right practice. While it is necessary to know about the absolute state, it is also necessary to resort to the means for manifesting it. One therefore needs to resort to both the viewpoints together. Resorting to any one of them, exclusive of the other, amounts to Ekänt that needs
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