| 53· Having abandoned
egotism, strength,. arrogance, desire, enmity, property, free from the notion
of , mine, and peaceful, he is fit fox be coming Brahman. Egotism ; identifying
the Self with the body, etc. strength: that strength which is combined with
passion and desire, but not the physical or any other strength: the latter
being natural, its abandonment is not possible. Arrogance: which follows the
state of exultation and leads to the transgression of dharma, as said in the
smriti:When a man exults, he becomes arrogant, and when he becomes arrogant,
he transgresses dharma Property: though a man is free from all passions of
the mind and the senses, he may own so much of external belongings as is necessary
for bodily sustenance and for the observance of his duties (dharma) ; but even
this the aspirant abandons ; i,e he becomes a ParamahamsaParivrajaka, a samnyasin
of the fourth or highest order. He does not regard even the bodily life as
his. Peaceful: free from exultation and care. Such a devotee of wisdom is fit
to become Brahman. The consummation of knowledge attained by Devotion. In this
is way, |
