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31. All the living beings enjoy or suffer from the results of their own actions; nobody else gives anything to anybody. Concentrate on this truth, and realise it, never deluding thyself with the belief that 'somebody else is the giver'.
32. Those, who with a devoted mind contemplate upon that Paramātman (the Highest and Perfectest Self), that is adored by Amitagati (the saint), is distinct from all, and is eternally and absolutely pure (free from attachment and aversion), will attain that abode of emancipation which is full of the highest bliss.
One, who by reading and reciting these two-and-thirty verses realises of Paramātman, becomes capable of keeping his attention directed exclusively upon the spiritual Self, and ultimately attains the never-ending state of Liberaton.
IV. Musings Mine (Merī Bhāvanā) by Pt. Jugal Kishor Mukhtar 1. May my mind be full of devotion for and be ever occupied with the thought of Him who has conquered attachment, aversion, sex and other passions, has known the Reality (of the cosmos) in its entirety, and preached to all the beings the Path of Liberation, without any selfish motive, be he called by the name of the Buddha, Vīra (Mahāvīra), the Jina, Hari (Vişnu), Hara (Śiva or Mahādeva), Brahmā (the Creator), or the Supreme Being (God, Allāh, etc.).
2. The ascetic aspirants, who entertain no desire for sensual enjoyments, possess the wealth of equanimity, are ever ready to exert themselves in bringing about the salvation of self as well as of other fellow beings, and indulge uncomplainingly in the arduous exercise of self-sacrifice, take away the misery of worldly existence. 3. May I always enjoy the company of such (saintly souls), my mind be ever occupied with their thought, and take pleasure in the (righteous) conduct as theirs is.
