| 12. The steadyminded
one, abandoning the fruit of action, attains the peace born of devotion.
The unsteady one, attached to the fruit through the action of desire, is
firmly bound.The steadyminded man who, resolved that I do actions for the
sake of the Lord, not for my benefit, abandons the fruit of action attains
the peace called moksha, as the result of devotion, through the following
stages: first, purity of the mind ; then, attainment of knowledge ; then,
renunciation of all actions ; and lastly, devotion to knowledge. But he
who is unsteady is led by desire and is attached to the fruit, thinking
. I do this act for my benefit: He is firmly bound. Wherefore, be thou steadyminded.The
blissful al embodied life of a sage.But as to the man who sees the supreme
Being. |
