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The Self Realization
आत्मा सदा असंग ने, करे प्रकृति वंध ।
अथवा ईश्वर प्रेरणा, तेथी जीव अबंध ॥७२॥ Atma sada asanga ne, kare prakrti bandha, Athava ishvaraprerana tethi jiva abandha. 72 The soul is unalloyed for ever, 'Tis bondage that is really bound, Or God is goading what's soul's power ? Therefore the soul remains unbound.' 72
Or it may be said that the Soul is always un-attached to Matter (Prakrti) and it does not do any action. Only the non-intelligent Matter (prakrti) acts and the non-attached Soul though inactive enjoys or suffers the activities of Matter. This is the position of the Samkhya System. The Matter by its activities binds the Soul.
Others believe that the whole world is created by God and He induces the embodied Soul to do all actions. On this ground too, God and not the Soul should be held responsible for the Soul's bondage or freedom. The Soul is not bound since it does not act of its own accord.
माटे मोक्ष उपायनो, कोई न हेतु जणाय ।
कर्मतणुं कर्त्तापणुं, कां नहि, कां नहि जाय ॥७३॥ Mate moksha upayano, koi na hetu janaya, Karmatanu karttapanu, kan nahi, kan nahi jaya. 73 It's of no use to try for freedom, The soul binds not, else binds for ever, Thus I see carelessness is wisdom, Unchanged is nature whatsoever. 73
On neither of the alternatives shown above can we say, says the disciple, that the Soul is liberated from
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