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his self steadied in Yoga, and who looks upon everything with an even eye.
मः परतरं नाििदि धनय। माियसविमदंोतंसू ेमिणगणाइव॥
Mattah parataram naanyat kinchidasti dhananjaya; Mayi sarvamidam protam sootre maniganaa iva. (7-7)8
There exists nothing else other than Me, O Dhananjaya. All are dependent upon Me even as the multitude of beads on a string.
Great stress is laid in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita upon nishkama karma or desireless action. One may go on saying like that for ever; still it may never crop up within him unless he adopts the means and practices for its achievement.
नहे ािभमनाशोऽि वायो न िवत।े म ध म ा य त े म ह त ो भ य ा त ॥ ्
Nehaabhikramanaasho’sti pratyavaayo na vidyate; Swalpam apyasya dharmasya traayate mahato bhayaat. (2- 40)
Herein there is no destruction of initial effort; nor does there ensue any impediment due to deficiency or non- continuation. Even a very little practice of this Dharma (Discipline) saves one from greater danger.
8 The state of realisation of inter relatedness mentioned here would mean an enlightenment while progressing in knot 2, where one feels oneself as one of the beads and others as other beads in the garland and also understand that the string that is holding all the beads is same and that is none other than the Divinity- the common link or base of existence
