perform mental meditation constantly.

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Dhyana is his sole duty

The author now shows the duties of these Bhaktas after their having acquired the Vidya. In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (IV., 4. 23) it is said:

He, therefore, that knows it, after having become quite subdued, satisfied, patient and collected, sees Self in the Self, sees all as Self. Evil does not overcome him, he overcomes all evil. Evil does not burn him, he burns all evil. Free from evil, free from spots, free from doubt he becomes a (true) Brahmana; this is the Brahma-world, O King; thou hast attained it, — thus spoke Yajnavalkya: I give you, venerable Sir, the entire country of the Videhas, together with myself, for serving you, (said Janaka Vaideha). In the same Upanishad (II., 4. 5), it is said: «Verily, the Self is to be seen, to be heard, to be perceived, to be marked, O Maitreyi. When we see, hear, perceive, and know the Self, then all this is known».

Doubt: Here the attributes beginning with Sama and ending with Dhyana have been mentioned as the qualifications which the seeker of Brahman must build into his life (namely, the qualifications of Sama, Dania, Uparati, Titiksha, Samadhana, Shravana, Darshana, Manana and Dhyana). Must all these qualifications and the actions denoted by them be performed by the Nirapeksha devotees or must they simply meditate on the essential nature, qualities and actions of the Lord?

Purvapaksha: In answer to this doubt the opponent maintains that though Vidya might have (originated, yet it does not become stable without the above attributes of Sama, Dama, etc. Therefore, these must be performed.

Siddhanta: The next Sutra answers this.

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