| 1. In the ninth
discourse were indicated three kinds of nature (prakriti) belonging to sentient
beings, namely, the nature of the Gods, that of the Asuras, and that of
the Rakshasas. The sixteenth discourse proceeds to describe them at length.
Of these the nature of the Gods (Daivi Prakriti) leads to liberation from
samsara, and those of the Asuras and the Rakshasas lead to bondage. Accordingly
the nature of the Gods will be described with a view to its acceptance,
and the other two with a view to their rejection. The Blessed Lord said:
Fearlessness purity of heart, steadfastness in knowledge and Yoga ; almsgiving,
self restraint and worship, study of ones own (scriptures), austerity, uprightness
;Purity of heart: purity of the antahksrana (sattva), i. e, abandonment
of deception, dissimulation, falsehood and the like, in all transactions
; that is to say, transacting business in perfect honesty. knowledge consists
in understanding the nature of things, such as the Self, as taught in the
Scripture (sastra) and by the Teacher (acharya). Yoga consists in making
what has been thus learnt an object of ones own direct perception, by concentration
onepointedness through the subjugation of the senses. Thisviz fearlessness.
purity of heart, and steadfastness in knowledge and Yoga forms the Daivi
or Sattvic nature by preeminence. What ever attributes among those (mentioned
in xvi. 13) can possibly pertain to the disciples treading a particular
path they constitute the Sattvic nature of the disciples in that particular
path. almsgiving: distributing food and the like as far as lies in .ones
power. Selfcontrol: the subjugation of external senses ; that of the antahkarana
(internal sense, manas) being mentioned in the next verse. |
| 1. In order to enumerate the
Daivisampat (divine qualities) needed for a Kritakritya (one who attained
the ultimate goal of life) who has been liberated by Jnana Bhagawan stated:
"Being fearless having purity of the heart or mind, being established or
rooted in the Jnana or Yoga, doing Dana (charity), having Dama (control
over the senses), performing Yagna (sacrifice), having Vedaadhya- yana (study
of the scriptures), doing Tapas (penance), having Rujute (straight-forwardness),
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