Bhagvata 5
This
(human) body in the mortal world does not deserve to be given up to (the
pursuit of) sensuous pleasures, which are (really) a source of misery and which
are enjoyed by swine, dogs and other animals (that feed on ordure. It is worthy
of being devoted, to sublime austerities whereby the mind is purified; and from
purity of mind follows the unending bliss of absorption into Absolute. (5.1)
The
wise speak of service rendered to exalted souls as an open gate to liberation
and the fellowship of those who are found of women as the door opening into
hell. (and) They alone are (really) great who are even-minded, exceptionally
calm and composed, free from anger, kind hearted and pious or again they who
regard love offered to Me as the (only) object of human pursuit, who take no
delight in (the company of)men(solely) engaged in pursuits (merely) calculated
to nourish their body nor in a household consisting of wife, children and
(earthly) riches, and who have no selfish interest in the world beyond the
maintenance of their body. (5.2-3)
The
real nature of the soul remains obscure due to ignorance only so long as the
Jiva does not enquire into the truth about the Spirit. Again So long as actions
continue to be performed, the mind remains disposed to activity, and it is due
to such a mind that the Jiva remains tied to a body.(5.5)
(The
true nature of) the Spirit being thus veiled by ignorance, the past actions of
man render his mind prone to activity. And so long as there is no love for Me,
Lord Vasudeva, the Jiva is not rid of its identification with a bady. (5.6)
So
long as the Jiva, oblivious of its (real) self-interest, does not come to its
senses and realize the activity of the Indriyas (the senses of perception and
the organs of action) as unreal (something not belonging to it), the fool soon
forgets its own essential nature and finding a home providing sexual enjoyment
(as a characteristic feature), suffer torments (of various kinds) there. (5.7)
The
union as husband and wife of a man with woman, the wise speak of it as another
knot binding their hearts together (apart from the subtle knot, in the shape of
identification with anybody, already existing in their heart individually). It
is due to this (other knot) that (over and above the body, mind and senses
etc.) a man erroneously regards a house, fields, children, kinsmen and wealth
as either himself or his own. (5.8)
When
(however) the hard knot in the shape of mind—formed in the heart of this Jiva
by its Karmas (past actions) gets loose, then (and then alone) does it turns
its back on this relation of husband and wife and shedding its ego (the cause
of transmigration) and freed from all bondage, reaches the Supreme. (5.9)
By
adoring Me and depending on Me, the pure Self and Preceptor (of all) through
freedom from thirst for enjoyment as well as by enduring pairs of opposites
(such as heat and cold, pleasure and pain); by realizing the fact that a living
being is beset with calamities everywhere (even in the other world); through a
spirit of enquiry (into the truth of things) through asceticism and by
abstaining from actions done with some interested motive; through actions done
for Me sake by hearing My stories everyday; through the fellowship of those who
look upon Me as their sole deity; by singing My praises; through even
mindedness, tranquility and freedom from animosity; through a desire to give up
identifying himself with the body, house etc., through a careful study of
scriptures dealing with the Spirit; by living in solitude; by thoroughly controlling
the breath, the indriyas and the mind; through the faith in saints and the holy
books; through continence, through constant vigilance (in performing one’s
sacred duties) through control of tongue; through wisdom illumined with
realization and penetrating enough to perceive My presence everywhere; and
through deep meditation, and equipped with firmness, diligence and discretion,
a clever man should (endeavour to ) tear the veil known by the name of Ego.(5.10-13)
Remaining
vigilant (all the time), he should completely shake off by this means, as
preceptor the bondage in the shape of the knot (of egotism) in the heart, which
has been brought about by ignorance and which again, is the storehouse where
(all) the latencies of Karma lie deposited. Then he should desist even from
this endeavour. (5.14)
Men
who crave for objects of sensuous enjoyment alone, possessed as they are by
inordinate lust for such enjoyment, are (really) themselves blind to their (real)
well-being. That is why they enter into enmity with one another for crumbs of
pleasure and have no idea of the endless misery (which lies in store for them
as a result of such enmity), deluded as they are. (5.16)
A
preceptor is no preceptor, a relation is no relation, a father is no father, a
mother is no mother, a deity is no deity, nor is a husband a husband, who is
unable to redeem his pupil , relation, son, votary or wife fallen into (the
whirlpool of) transmigration. (5.18)
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