Sage Parasurama said:
- O Bhagavan! It is precisely as my Lord Guru has just said. Truly, a man will ever head for destruction in his ignorance.
- His salvation lies in investigation (vichArA) alone. The remote and proximate causes have also been mentioned by Thee, and they have been traced to this mahAtmya. I am in great doubt on this point.
- How does that happen and what is again its proximate cause? Can it be that it is natural (like courage to a hero)? Then why is it not shared by all?
Datta, the Ocean of Mercy, answered:
- Listen, Rama! I shall now tell you the fundamental cause of salvation. Association with the wise is the root cause for obliterating all misery.
- Association with the Sages is alone said to lead to the highest good. Your contact with Samvarta has led you to this stage of enlightenment, which is the forerunner of emancipation. On being approached, the Sages teach the greatest good.
- Has anyone ever got anything great, without contact with the wise? In any case, it is the company which determines the future of the individual.
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Excerpts From Chapter 3, Tripura Rahasya
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