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II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

कां अभ्यासाहीलागीं I कसु नाहीं तुझिया आंगीं I तरी आहासी जया भागीं I तैसाचि असें II 114 II
इंद्रियें न कोंडीं I भोगातें न तोडीं I अभिमानु न संडीं I स्वजातीचा II 115 II
कुळधर्मु चाळीं I विधिनिषेध पाळीं I मग सुखें तुज सरळी I दिधली आहे II 116 II
फरि मनें वाचा देहें I जैसा जो व्यापारु होये I तो मी करितु आहें I ऐसें न म्हणे II 117 II
करणें कां न करणें I हें आघवें तोचि जाणे I विश्व चळतसे जेणें I परमात्मेनि II 118 II
उणेयापुरेयाचें कांहीं I उरों नेदीं आपुलिया ठायीं I सजात करूनि घेईं I जीवित्व आपुलें II 119 II
माळियें जेउतें नेलें I तेउतें निवांतचि गेलें I तया पाणिया ऐसें केलें I होआवें गा II 120 II
म्हणोनि प्रवृत्ति आणि निवृत्ति I इयें वोझीं नेघें मती I अखंड चित्तवृत्ति I माझ्या ठायीं II 121 II
एऱ्हवीं तरी सुभटा I उजू कां अव्हांटा I रथु काई खटपटा I करितु असे II 122 II
आणि जें जें कर्म निपजे I तें थोडें बहु न म्हणिजे I निवांतचि अर्पिजे I माझ्याठायीं II 123 II
ऐसिया मद्भावना I तनुत्यागीं अर्जुना I तूं सायुज्यसदना I माझिया येसी II 124 II

"And if you are unable to pursue Abhyas Yoga, then stay where you are doing things you are used to. Don't control the sense organs, do not stop gratification of the senses, the pleasure or satisfaction gained from fulfilling bodily desires through the senses and also there is no need to up the pride of the class you belong. Diligently follow the ancestral practices, rituals, customs of a particular lineage followed by a family generation after generation. Adhere to Vidhi Nishedh, the fundamental dos and don'ts that guide the righteous conduct. You are free to do all these things at your discretion. Yet for the Karma that stems from actions of the body, speech, and mind, do not call yourself as their doer. Doing or not doing, both only the Lord knows. He is the Supreme Being that governs the cosmos. Do not discriminate the Karma as less or more and stay detached to the pleasure or pain it gives for the true fulfillment of life. Just like the water follows where the gardener steers it to, similarly follow life with Lord as your captain. The chariot doesn't bother whether the path is difficult or without obstacles, similarly don't burden your intellect by Pravrutti (worldly activity, engagement, inclination, or the active pursuit of life's pleasures and duties and Nivrutti (withdrawal or detachment). Instead hold your Chitta-Vrutti at Me, focus the otherwise restless, wandering mind on Lord. And therefore for the Karma performed, do not think of it as less or more, dedicate it to Me with constant, focussed awareness on Me. Such Bhakti or devotion leads to Sayujjya, the complete absorption into the divine, or merging into Lord's essence after death."

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