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The Self Realization
कोई क्रियाजड थई रह्या, शुष्कज्ञानमां कोई । माने मारग मोक्षनो, करुणा ऊपजे जोई ॥३॥ Koi kriyajada thai rahya, sushkajnanama koi, Mane maraga mokshano, karuna upaje joi. 3 Some follow rites forgetting self, Some learned fools believe freedom, Misled are both, none knows the self, Merciful state, I feel for them. 3
In the present age, some seekers try to find their salvation through the mere observance of rites and some through pure pedantic knowledge. Both the methods are incorrect and we feel sympathy for the seekers following them.
बाह्य क्रियामां राचता, अंतर् भेद न काई ।
ज्ञानमार्ग निषेधता, तेह क्रियाजड आई ॥४॥ Bahya kriyama rachata, antar bheda na kai,
Inanamarga nishedhata, teha kiryajada ai. 4 The first are stuck in outward deeds, With heart unturned, they save and serve, But prohibit they knowledge-seeds, Believing old as gold preserve. 4
Revelling in mere mechanical performance of rites and losing sight of their spiritual significance, the ritualists denounce the path of knowledge regarding it is unnecessary, difficult to practise and therefore unacceptable.
बंध मोक्ष छे कल्पना, भाखे वाणी मांही । वर्ते मोहावेशमां, शुष्कज्ञानी ते आंही ॥५॥ Bandha moksha chhe kalpana, bhakhe vani mahi, Varte mohaveshama, shuskajnani te ahi. 5
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