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affection and aversion ; who frequents clean places, who eats little, whose speech, body, and mind are restrained, who is always intent on meditation and mental abstraction', and has recourse to unconcern, who abandoning egoism, stubbornness, arrogance, desire, anger, and (all) belongings, has no (thought that this or that is) mine, and who is tranquil, becomes fit for assimilation with the Brahman. Thus reaching
the Brahmans, and with a tranquil self, he grieves • not, wishes not; but being alike to all beings, obtains ! the highest devotion to me. By (that) devotion he
truly understands who I am and how great. And then understanding me truly, he forthwith enters into my essence). Even performing all actions, always depending on me, he, through my favour, obtains the imperishable and eternal seat. Dedicating in thought. all actions to me, be constantly given up to me, (placing) your thoughts on me, through recourse to mental abstraction. (Placing) your thoughts on me, you will cross over all difficulties by my favour. But if you will not listen through egotismo, you will be ruined. If entertaining egotism, you think that you may not fight, vain, indeed, is that resolution of yours. Nature will constrain you. That, O son of Kunti! which through delusion you do not wish to do, you will do involuntarily,
· Abstraction is concentrated and exclusive meditation, Sankara. The other commentators take dhyânayoga as meditation simply, as treated of in chapter VI, says Nilakantha.
. See p. 52. • I.e. comprehending his identity with the Brahman. • CI. p. 55. • Pride of learning and cleverness, or of piety. See p. 124, note 5. • The nature of a Kshatriya, Sankara.
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