Q&A with Swamiji .....45...Chandi Chapter 7

[Guest guest]

Question from Karen and Mike :

 

In Verse 24 the Remover ofDarkness gives the heads of Passion and

Anger to She Who Tears Apart Thought and says, "Now in the war of

sacrifice, you yourself will kill Self-Conceit and

Self-Deprecation." I would appreciate comments on the term "war

of sacrifice." Does that term refer to the battle to kill

thoughts? I wonder at the use of the word sacrifice.

 

Swamiji's response :

 

The word sacrifice, yajna, comes from the root yuj - to unite. It is

the same root as yoga. The sacrifice is giving up of all duality

that precludes union.