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The Self Realization
Tyaga viraga na cittama, thaya na tene jnana, Atke tyaga viragama, to bhule nijabhana. 7 And if the heart contains no merits, The real knowledge can not shine, If only satisfied with merits, They prove the block to knowledge fine. 7
Knowledge of the Self does not dawn on a mind which is not purified by non-attachment and renunciation. The latter are the necessary means for attaining the end of the knowledge of the Self. If a man gets attached to renunciation and non-attachment without recognising them as means to the final end, he loses the sight of the end and loses the game.
ज्यां ज्यां जे जे योग्य छ, तहां समजवु तेह ।
त्यां त्यां ते ते आचरे, आत्मार्थी जन एह ॥८॥ Iya jya je je yogya chhe, taha samajavu teha, Tyatya te te achare, atmarthi jana eha. 8 Whatever wherever is fit,
The seeker understands and acts, Without this virtue, count unfit, For seekership of real facts. 8
A true seeker of Self is discriminative. In different stages of his development he clearly finds out what he misses and what he should disown in order to obtain Salvation and then he acts accordingly. The retualists should try to read spiritual significance in the performance of rites and seek after the knowledge of the Self. The pedantic theorists should act as they talk, should shake off their infatuation, develop a spirit of renunciation and non-attachment and thereby obtain in practice the knowledge of the Self.
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