Bhagavad Gita 14

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yah SAstravidhim utsrjya vartate kAmakAratah |

na sa siddhim avApnoti na sukham na parAm gatim ||

(16.23) 14

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He who, having rejected the ordinance of the scriptures, follows the impulse of

desire, attains neither pefection, nor happiness, nor the Supreme Path [of

vicAra].

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>From Talk; 63:

D. : At what stage do the scriptures become useless?

M. : When their essence is realised. The scriptures are useful to indicate the

existence of a higher power (the Self) and the way to gain it. Their essence is

that much only.

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