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Sakäma devotees, or those who desire the fruit of their action, worship the Lord with varieties of desires. Although they enjoy all the pleasures of those desires, they are purified by the power of bhakti and, even during this period of material enjoyment, they are not controlled by their activities. At the end of this enjoyment, they enter the abode of Bhagavän.

ਮਨ ਰੇ ਹਉਮੈ ਛੋਡਿ ਗੁਮਾਨੁ ॥

मन रे हउमै छोडि गुमानु ॥

Man re ha▫umai cẖẖod gumān.

O mind, renounce your egotistical pride.

यस्मिन् जन: प्राणवियोगकाले

क्षणं समावेश्य मनोऽविशुद्धम् ।

निर्हृत्य कर्माशयमाशु याति

परां गतिं ब्रह्ममयोऽर्कवर्ण: ॥ ३२

Anyone, even a person in an impure state, who absorbs his mind in Him for just a moment at the time of death burns up all traces of sinful reactions and immediately attains the supreme transcendental destination in a pure, spiritual form as effulgent as the sun.

यन्मायावशवर्तिं विश्वमखिलं ब्रह्मादिदेवासुरा

यत्सत्वादमृषैव भाति सकलं रज्जौ यथाहेर्भ्रमः।

यत्पादप्लवमेकमेव हि भवाम्भोधेस्तितीर्षावतां

वन्देऽहं तमशेषकारणपरं रामाख्यमीशं हरिम्।।6।।

I adore Lord Hari, known by the name of Sri Rama, who is superior to and lies beyond all causes, whose Maya (illusive power) holds sway over the entire universe including gods from Brahma (the Creator) downwards and demons, whose presence lends positive reality to the world of appearances-even as the false notion of a serpent is entertained with reference to a rope-and whose feet are the only bark for those who are eager to cross the ocean of mundane existence.(6)

एतौ हि विश्वस्य च बीजयोनी

रामो मुकुन्द: पुरुष: प्रधानम् ।

अन्वीय भूतेषु विलक्षणस्य

ज्ञानस्य चेशात इमौ पुराणौ ॥ ३१ ॥

These two Lords, Mukunda and Balarāma, are each the seed and womb of the universe, the creator and His creative potency. They enter the hearts of living beings and control their conditioned awareness. They are the primeval Supreme.

मच्चित्ता मद्गतप्राणा बोधयन्तः परस्परम्‌ ।

कथयन्तश्च मां नित्यं तुष्यन्ति च रमन्ति च ॥10.9॥

निरंतर मुझमें मन लगाने वाले और मुझमें ही प्राणों को अर्पण करने वाले (मुझ वासुदेव के लिए ही जिन्होंने अपना जीवन अर्पण कर दिया है उनका नाम मद्गतप्राणाः है।) भक्तजन मेरी भक्ति की चर्चा के द्वारा आपस में मेरे प्रभाव को जानते हुए तथा गुण और प्रभाव सहित मेरा कथन करते हुए ही निरंतर संतुष्ट होते हैं और मुझ वासुदेव में ही निरंतर रमण करते हैं॥10.9॥

The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are fully devoted to My service, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss from always enlightening one another and

conversing about Me.

यल्लब्ध्वा पुमान् सिद्धो भवति अमृतो भवति तृप्तो भवति । ४

yal labdhvā pumān siddho bhavaty amṛto bhavati tṛpto bhavati

yat—which; labdhvā—having gained; pumān—a person; siddhaḥ—perfect; bhavati—becomes; amṛtaḥ—immortal; bhavati—becomes; tṛptaḥ—peaceful; bhavati—becomes.

Upon achieving that stage of transcendental devotional service in pure love of God, a person becomes perfect, immortal, and peaceful.

ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਰਵਿ ਰਹੇ ਸਿਵ ਸਕਤੀ ਕਾ ਮੇਲੁ ॥

जह देखा तह रवि रहे सिव सकती का मेलु ॥

Jah ḏekẖā ṯah rav rahe siv sakṯī kā mel.

Wherever I look, I see the Lord pervading there, in the union of Shiva and Shakti, of consciousness and matter.

ता मन्मनस्का मत्प्राणा मतर्थे त्यक्तदैहिका: ।

मामेव दयितं प्रेष्ठमात्मानं मनसा गता: ।

ये त्यक्तलोकधर्माश्च मदर्थे तान्बिभर्म्यहम् ॥ ४ ॥

The minds of those gopīs are always absorbed in Me, and their very lives are ever devoted to Me. For My sake, they have abandoned everything related to their bodies, renouncing ordinary happiness in this life, as well as religious duties necessary for such happiness in the next life. I alone am their dear most beloved and, indeed, their very Self. I personally sustain such devotees, who for My sake give up all worldly duties.

सर्वार्थसम्भवो देहो जनित: पोषितो यत: ।

न तयोर्याति निर्वेशं पित्रोर्मर्त्य: शतायुषा ॥ ५ ॥

With one’s body one can acquire all goals of life, and it is one’s parents who give the body birth and sustenance. Therefore no mortal man can repay his debt to his parents, even if he serves them for a full lifetime of a hundred years.

भूतध्रुक्को लभेत शम् ॥ ४७ ॥

bhūta-dhruk ko labheta śam

How can one who harms others attain happiness?

ਲਖ ਸਿਆਣਪ ਜੇ ਕਰੀ ਲਖ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਮਿਲਾਪੁ ॥

लख सिआणप जे करी लख सिउ प्रीति मिलापु ॥

Even if someone has hundreds of thousands of clever mental tricks, and the love and company of hundreds of thousands of people -

ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸਾਧ ਨ ਧ੍ਰਾਪੀਆ ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਦੂਖ ਸੰਤਾਪੁ ॥

बिनु संगति साध न ध्रापीआ बिनु नावै दूख संतापु ॥

still, without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, he will not feel satisfied. Without the Name, all suffer in sorrow.

When animals are getting wet or playing in the dirt, they shake their whole body and get everything off of them.

But we humans hold on to everything. When you go to the office, just shake off the household issues.