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2. Motive of friends and others love is to be included one after the other.
3. Motive of the husband’s love towards his wife is to satisfy his sensual desires and help in house hold works.
4. This has come in the first clarification.
5. The motive of disciples love towards his guru is to get over his defects, deficiencies and to get a name.
6. The motive of bandha’s love towards Paramatma is to get over the defects of this and the other world, long life, complete knowledge and happiness.
Let us know, from the Chandogya Upanishad, about the discussion regarding the above rules, between Yagnavalkyaji Maharaj and his wife Maitreyi.
Yagnavalkyaji Maharaj has expressed his views in the following way.
1. In the view of a woman, husband is not dear to her in the capacity of a husband but dear because of Atma.
2. In the view of a husband, wife is not dear to him in the capacity of a wife but dear because of Atma.
3. In the view of the parents, sons are not dear in the capacity of sons but dear because of Atma.
4. Brahma is not dear in the capacity of Brahma but dear because of Atma; etc. etc.
Now think deeply, whether the body is Atma? Whether the mind and Pran are Atma? Whether the Ahankar is Atma? If the body is accepted as Atma, it is an essence from the body of the father, material from the body of the father. This order is eternal and continuing from olden days. Desire, hatred, happiness, misery, effort and gyan, appears to be the qualities of Atma and it becomes conscious and lifeless after death. Entire humanity is one expression rather entire creation appears to be one. Destiny and coincidence/ chance(samyog), has created different forms. People have generally formed different ideas, thinking about this reality. Therefore Brahma will not accept a person who does not know the reality of Atma. Because, when he can not discriminate the Atma, which is with him, how can he distinguish between good and bad.
In the above conditions and in the different bodies of father, brother, son, wife, guru, friend and others, Atma is existing and it is one. They appear to be different, according to the matter and Nature and according to the individual needs, habits, destiny and disposition. There is only one thing in the son, father, guru, disciple etc. etc., that causes the movement. What is this movement? It is existing in different forms in different places; such as,