When even the notion of the ego-sense has ceased, you will be like the infinite space. He who has thus renounced everything from his heart, he indeed is the supreme lord, whether he continues to live an active life or whether he rests in contemplation all the time. To him neither action nor inaction is of any use. O Rama, I have examined all the scriptures and investigated the truth; there is no salvation without the total renunciation of all notions or ideas or mental conditioning.
The world of diverse names and forms is composed of the desirable and the undesirable! For these people strive, but for self-knowledge no one strives. Rare are the sages of self-knowledge in the three worlds. One may be an emperor of the world or the king of heaven; but all these are only composed of the five elements! It is a pity that people indulge in such colossal destruction of life for these petty gains. Shame on them! None of these engages the attention of the sage, because he is equipped with self-knowledge. He is established in that supreme seat to which the sun and the moon have no access. Hence, the sage of self-knowledge is not enamored of the gains or the pleasures of the entire universe.
The world of diverse names and forms is composed of the desirable and the undesirable! For these people strive, but for self-knowledge no one strives. Rare are the sages of self-knowledge in the three worlds. One may be an emperor of the world or the king of heaven; but all these are only composed of the five elements! It is a pity that people indulge in such colossal destruction of life for these petty gains. Shame on them! None of these engages the attention of the sage, because he is equipped with self-knowledge. He is established in that supreme seat to which the sun and the moon have no access. Hence, the sage of self-knowledge is not enamored of the gains or the pleasures of the entire universe.
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