जितात्मन: प्रशान्तस्य परमात्मा समाहित: | शीतोष्णसुखदु:खेषु तथा मानापमानयो: || 7 || |
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“That person who is victorious over the self rises above the dualities of cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame. He remains peaceful and steadfast in devotion to God”.
Commentary : In all circumstances, the renunciant knows that the greatest treasure he has and that needs to be protected is peace. Devotion in heart and discrimination in mind can flow only from a peaceful heart and mind, Devotion can co-exist with impersonal desires to please God alone and not with personal desires.
God has implanted a unique potential in everyone to be victorious over his or her limited ‘myself’ – body, mind and heart. The one who conquers his ‘self’ by deliberate effort will become peaceful, devoted to God and will rise above all physical, mental and emotional dualities and uncertainties.