And on such Nirapekshas there is the special grace of the Lord, and they easily acquire Vidya. — 467.

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SUTRA III. 4. 38.

विशेषणानुग्रहं च॥३.४.३८॥

viśeṣaṇānugrahaṃ ca ..3.4.38..

… Vishesha, special. … Anugrahah, favour. .. Cha, and.

COMMENTARY

In the Gita, X., 9, we have the following:

Mindful of Me, their life hidden in Me, illumining each other, ever conversing about Me, they are content and joyful.

To these, ever in union with Me, worshipping Me in love, I give the Yoga of discrimination by which they come unto Me.

This shows that Nirapekshas are the special objects of His grace.

But how do you say that those verses of the Gita apply to the Nirapekshas, and not to devotees of every description? The word «Satata-yuktanam» in the above, which literally mean «those who are in constant union with the Lord», «those who are in constant meditation on the Lord», indicate that these verses apply to those God-absorbed souls, and not to ordinary men.

Adhikarana X — The Lord is attached to such devotees

and constantly follows them

In the preceding aphorisms it has been shown that householders like Yajnavalkya and the rest, and non-householders like Gargi and others, had acquired Vidya.

Doubt: Now arises the doubt: Who is higher anions these fare classes — whether the householders or the non-householders?

Purvapaksha: The opponent’s view is that the householders are the better of the two; because not only do they discharge all the duties laid down in the Scriptures for the householders, but over and above that, they find time for the worship of the Lord, and are devoted to Brahman. The Scripture also shows that their condition is higher than that of the non-householders, for in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, IV., 4. 9, it is said:

On that path they say that there is white, or bine, or yellow, or green, or red; that path was found by Brahman, and on it goes whoever knows Brahman, and who has done good, and obtained splendour.

The word Punya-krit (who has done good) means who has duly discharged the duties of his order and is a good householder. Such men, the Shruti says, reach Brahman very quickly.

Siddhanta: This view of the Purvapakshin is set aside in the next Sutra, which declares that the Nirapeksha devotee is higher than the householder.

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