| A person who has completely renounced attachment to the |
| fruits of all works, lives happily, neither performing nor directing any |
| action. (5.13) The Lord neither creates the urge for action, nor the |
| feeling of doership, nor the attachment to the results of action in |
| people. All these are done by the powers of Nature. (5.14) The |
| Lord does not take the responsibility for the good or evil deeds of |
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| anybody. The Self-knowledge becomes covered by the veil of ignorance; thereby people become deluded and do evil deeds. (5.15) |
| Spiritual knowledge destroys the ignorance of the Self and reveals |
| the Supreme, just as the Sun reveals the beauty of objects of the |
| world. (5.16) Persons whose mind and intellect are totally merged |
| with the Source, who are firmly devoted to the Source, who have |
| the Source as their supreme goal and sole refuge, and whose impurities are destroyed by the knowledge of the Source, do not take |
| birth again. (5.17) |
| Additional marks of an enlightened person |
| An enlightened person — by perceiving the Lord in all — looks |
| at a learned and humble priest, an outcast, even a cow, an elephant, or a dog with an equal eye. (5.18) Everything has been accomplished in this very life by the one whose mind is set in equality. |
| Such a person has realized God, because God is flawless and impartial. (5.19) One who neither rejoices on obtaining what is pleasant, nor grieves on obtaining the unpleasant, who has a steady |
| mind, who is undeluded, and who is a knower of the Supreme Being, such a person eternally abides with the Supreme Being. (5.20) |
| Such a person who is in union with the Supreme Being becomes |
| unattached to sensual pleasures by discovering the joy of the Self |
| through contemplation, and enjoys spiritual bliss. (5.21) Sensual |
| pleasures are, in truth, the source of misery, and have a beginning |
| and an end. Therefore, the wise do not rejoice sensual pleasures. |
| (5.22) One who is able to withstand the impulse of lust and anger |
| before death is a yogi, and a happy person. (5.23) One who finds |
| happiness with the Eternal Being, who rejoices Eternal Being |
| within, and who is illuminated by Self-knowledge; such a yogi attains Nirvana, and goes to Eternal Being. (5.24) Seers whose sins |
| (or imperfections) are destroyed, whose doubts have been dispelled by Self-knowledge, whose minds are disciplined, and who |
| are engaged in the welfare of all beings, attain the Supreme Being. |
| (5.25) They, who are free from lust and anger, who have subdued |
| the mind and senses, and who have known the Self, easily attain |
| Nirvana. (5.26) |
| Path of meditation and contemplation |
| A sage is liberated by renouncing all material enjoyments, focusing the eyes and the mind between the eye-brows, equalizing |
| the breath moving through the nostrils by using yogic techniques, |
| keeping the senses, mind, and intellect under control, having salvation as the prime goal, and by becoming free from lust, anger, |
| greed and fear. (5.27-28) My devotee attains peace by knowing |
| Me, the Supreme Being as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, |
| as the great Lord of all the universe, and the friend of all beings. |
