|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

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Guna: Srijanthi Karmani Gunoanusrijathe  Gunan | Jeevasthu Gunasamyuktho Bhungthe Karmaphalanyasau ||

Bhagavan speaks “ An ignorant take pride in wealth, matter, possessions, people, fame, etc. and undergoes endless sufferings.  The Karma/deeds are under the  influence of the Gunas, known as Rajasik, Swathik and Tamasik, nature, and the fruits of the Karma based on the nature of the Karma, in this way cycles of Karma keeps repeating.  As long as the mind and intellect are wedged in the material matters and bondages, the individual never realizes the all-pervasive nature of the supreme soul and oneness-in all; it creates over dependency and attachment to people, possessions and wealth, which will cause extreme anxieties and fear.  The ‘Time’ has to play its role and no one has control over it.  The interest in worldly matters and bondage causes more fear of the supreme Lord.   The people who have the knowledge of the supreme soul resides as soul and its all-pervasive nature would be fearless, will have the ability to receive all the happenings in life as the grace of supreme Lord.”

 Yethath Acchyutha Mey Bhroohi Prashnam Prashnavidham Vara | Nithyamuktho  Nithyabadhdha: Yeka Yevethi Mey Bhrama: ||

Udhdhava speaks “ Oh! Bhagavan, you have described the nature of thoughts that has the fleeting tendency, do not affect the supreme soul.  You have also mentioned that people who are wedged in the thoughts of material well-beings and bondage undergoes sufferings.  Oh! Achyutha, kindly narrate how did an individual perform all the tasks/Nithyabadhdha and remain liberated soul/Nithyamuktha? Or how did a Nithyamuktha/liberated soul perform all the tasks of the worldly life simultaneously?”

Badhdho Muktha Ithi Vyakhya Gunatho Mey Na  Vasthutha: | Gunasya  Maya  Moolathvanna Mey Moksho Na Bandhanam ||Shokam Mohau Sukham Dhukham Dehopaththishcha Mayaya| Swapno Yadhathmana: Khyathi: Samsrithir Na Thu Vasthavi ||

Bhagavan speaks “ Oh! Udhdhava, the inherited virtues in an individual leads to thoughts which have fleeting nature and the spiritual fervor in the individual leads to the supreme Lord.   The grief, desire, happiness, sorrows, and ailments are caused by Maya, like the dreams that are not real. The person who is wedged in the cluster of unwanted thoughts lacks freedom/NithyaBadhdha, like a silkworm that fastens itself with its own thread, unlike the spider that creates the web to catch its prey and absorbs it as and when it requires.  Oh! Udhdhava, there are two branches called Vidhya/wisdom and Avidhya/ignorance.  The individual who is wedged in material matters and bondage is ignorant, the intellectuals with the constant practice attain wisdom, achieve the knowledge of supreme Lord who resides as soul and realizes eternal presence in them, eventually gets relieved from the worldly matters and bondage.  The Paramathma/supreme soul witnesses all the deeds of the Jeeva residing as a soul in them.”

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 316 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  167

Mana Ekathra Samyujjya Jithashwaso Jithasana:  | Vairagya Abhyasayogena Dhriyamanamathandhritha: || Yevam Samjjatha  Vairagyo Vijjyanaloka Athmani | Vicharami Mahimetham Mukthasango Anahangkrithi: ||

The Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran predominantly speaks about Bhakti/devotion, Gnana/wisdom and Vairagya/abandonment as the perfect tool to achieve the serenity of mind and get rid of cluster of unwanted thoughts.  The mind and intellect are like a river, devotion is the river bank and the ferry is the individual thought that has the fleeting nature, as long as the ferry is closely tied to the pole on the river bank, it will have good control. Once the ferry is loosened from its pole, it keeps swaying here and there according to the water current.  The practice of Bhakti, Gnana, and Vairagya has a great influence on the human mind and intellect, therefore the constant practice of these three would release the mind from the cluster of unwanted thoughts and unite the individual soul to the supreme soul which has immense capabilities, with the constant practice of perfect control over senses and practice of Pranayama, and sense of abandonment,  it would remove the cluster of thoughts and the individual soul conducts its journey as a liberated soul on the Earth.

Bhagavan speaks “ Oh! Udhdhava, listen to me carefully, follow your Swadharma, and Varnnashrama Dharma, and get rid of all the desires.  If you find difficulty in elevating your soul contemplating upon the supreme Lord, approach a preceptor and sincerely follow his guidance, and with the help of an Upasanamoorthi/idol, and with the constant practice of worship and contemplation you will get rid of interest in the material possessions, desires, wealth, and people, eventually you will be relieved from miseries and sorrows.  You can attain nearness to the Sookshmashareera/subtle soul in you, with the constant practice of meditation, in this way you can raise your mind and intellect from Sthoola/body to Sookshma/subtle form of the soul in you.  Otherwise, it would undergo constant miseries and sorrows due to the influence of ‘Time’, like a ferry loosened from its pole on the river bank.  Oh! Udhdhava, if you keep yourself away from the supreme soul in you, it won’t give freedom from miseries and sorrows of worldly existence.  You will not have any control over your thoughts, unless and until you practice to realize the ‘self’ in you, you will remain weak.  Therefore, people who live without the knowledge of ‘self’, chase after the material pleasures and sensual pleasures, even though they are highly qualified or brilliant, hence how could they achieve happiness and serenity of the mind?.  Oh! Udhdhava, without the practice of meditation and the knowledge of ‘self’/Athman/Bhramam and oneness-in All, none could get relieved from the miseries and sorrows of worldly existence.  This is the ultimate truth of life on Earth.”