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anuksanam yatparihrtya krtya
manādhyavidhyākrtabandhamokṣaṇam dehah parārtho (a) yamamusya posame
yah sajjāte sa svamanena hanti 83. अनुक्षणम् - Always, यत् which, परिहत्य - living aside, कृत्यम् - what should be done, Alent THTRUTH - emancipation from the bondage caused by beginningless ignorance, अयम् - this, देहः - body, are: - meant for others, (or an instrument for realising the Parama, the Supreme), 3144 - of this body, 199 - in nourishing, यः - he who सजते - clings to, सः he, स्वम् - himself, अनेनं . by this, Efat - kills.
This body is essentially meant for Parartham-an instrument for realising the Paramatman. He who does not constantly use this body for liberating himself from the bondage, born out of the beginningless ignorance, but struggles to fatten it, is destroying himself.
Every physical sheath in plant life or in animal life, we have found, is an instrument for its mind and intellect to eke out from the outer world of situations, a definite quota of experiences. The body provides for the time being, as it were, a locus for the mind and intellect to function from. Identifying itself with its own ignorance, it may behave as if it is the doer and the enjoyer, and use the physical body to its own damnation.
A drunken driver identifying himself with his own drunken halucinations may use the vehicle to dash along and finally crash himself into a wayside tree !
The very same physical structure can be made use of properly by an intellect identifying itself with a greater discriminating capacity, when it shall serve the ego as a vehicle to take it to its Supreme Goal of Self-rediscovery.
A sensible driver, with all his wits about, can drive his vehicle easily and pleasantly, with speed and comfort, straight to his own destination !
