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The Self Realization
Jema shubhashubha karmapada, janya saphala pramana, Tema nivrutti saphalata, mate moksha sujana. 89 As good or bad deeds give the fruit, Non-action too is fruitful, due, O ! wise, with talent see . acuteThere's freedom from the bondage true. 89
O my disciple, as you have realized that the Soul does good or bad actions and therefore it enjoys or suffers the fruits thereof, so should you know, O intelligent one, that the detachment from actions yields positive fruit and it is liberation. Do actions and be bound by them, cease to do them and be free from their bondage. It is possible for Soul to refrain from doing actions and therefore liberation as its result is not only unthinkable but practicable and real.
वीत्यो काळ अनंत ते, कर्म शुभाशुभ भाव ।
तेह शुभाशुभ छेदतां, ऊपजे मोक्ष स्वभाव ॥९०॥ Vityo kala ananta te, karma shubhashubha bhava, Teha shubhashubha chhedata, upaje moksha svabhava. 90 Infinite time has passed till now, For good or bad ideas maintainThe chain of bondage . anyhow, At hand is freedom, break the chain. 90
It is true that the Soul wasted away its endless past in doing good and bad actions, but it never stopped or refrained from doing them. Nor does it do so in the present. It could not do otherwise as it was attached to them, as it felt as if doing actions was its real nature. If the Soul is now made to decide clearly that its nature is to be free from actions and not to be attached to them, it can start its life anew and by developing a spirit of complete detachment to all actions and their fruits, it
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