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Hundreds are the seekers, who without understanding all these fundamentals, are haphazardly struggling in a path, which, though false, they believe to be spiritual. Naturally they become only to suffer the agonies of a gruesome disappointment even after years of painstaking practices. An exhaustive study of this text-book avoids all pitfalls on the way to progress.
It is our intention to bring forth in every stanza not only its obvious meaning but also its suggestive imports which give a wealth of information and helpful suggestions for the seeker to ensure a steady progress. Apart from the Sanskrit stanza, we give the Roman transliteration, word-forword meaning, a free translation and a running commentary wherein we shall not promise that we will be confining ourselves to the direct bearings upon the words of the stanzas. These stanzas have a great suggestive wealth which, when made available, can be made use of even in our ordinary market place activities with profit.
