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37. Dharmaakhyaane SmaSaane cha rogiNaam

yaa mathiH

bhaveth

 

Saa sarvadhaa eva thishTeth cheth ko na muchyetha

banDhanaath

 

 

If

the thought that occurs while hearing the discourses on dharma , in cremation

ground and during incurable disease prevails at all times who will not be

released from bondage?

 

When

we hear the discourses on aspects of dharma dealing with the bondage and

liberation we feel that the worldly pleasures are transient and at that moment we

feel like turning a new leaf. But the feeling lasts only as long as we are in

the discourse and we put on our attachments and desires along with our slippers

left outside.

 

Someone

asked a sage in Varanasi,

when the dip in Ganges

is supposed to purify the sins why does a man not become pure immediately but

continues his sinful life. The sage answered that those who dip in Ganges leave off their desires and attachment on the bank

along with their clothes only to put them on like the clothes on leaving then

waters.

 

Similarly

when one attends a scene of death he thinks about the transitory nature of

human life and the futility of attachment to people and possessions but the

effect though not as soon as in the case of the listening to discourses, nevertheless wears off after sometime.

 

Yudhishtira

was asked by the yaksha what was the greatest

wonder and he answered that the man sees death all around but still he thinks

that he is going to live for ever and that is the greatest wonder.

 

When

one is suffering from some incurable disease he thinks that he never wants t be

born again. But it is too late. He should have had the thought from the beginning

of life and should have tried to live a life of detachment.

 

Hence

it is said that if the thought of detachment that come to one on these

occasions should be present always in which case everyone will be able get out

of bondage.