A person who has completely renounced attachment to the
fruits of all works, lives happily, neither performing nor directing any
action. (5.13) The Lord neither creates the urge for action, nor the
feeling of doership, nor the attachment to the results of action in
people. All these are done by the powers of Nature. (5.14) The
Lord does not take the responsibility for the good or evil deeds of
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anybody. The Self-knowledge becomes covered by the veil of ignorance; thereby people become deluded and do evil deeds. (5.15)
Spiritual knowledge destroys the ignorance of the Self and reveals
the Supreme, just as the Sun reveals the beauty of objects of the
world. (5.16) Persons whose mind and intellect are totally merged
with the Source, who are firmly devoted to the Source, who have
the Source as their supreme goal and sole refuge, and whose impurities are destroyed by the knowledge of the Source, do not take
birth again. (5.17)
Additional marks of an enlightened person
An enlightened person — by perceiving the Lord in all — looks
at a learned and humble priest, an outcast, even a cow, an elephant, or a dog with an equal eye. (5.18) Everything has been accomplished in this very life by the one whose mind is set in equality.
Such a person has realized God, because God is flawless and impartial. (5.19) One who neither rejoices on obtaining what is pleasant, nor grieves on obtaining the unpleasant, who has a steady
mind, who is undeluded, and who is a knower of the Supreme Being, such a person eternally abides with the Supreme Being. (5.20)
Such a person who is in union with the Supreme Being becomes
unattached to sensual pleasures by discovering the joy of the Self
through contemplation, and enjoys spiritual bliss. (5.21) Sensual
pleasures are, in truth, the source of misery, and have a beginning
and an end. Therefore, the wise do not rejoice sensual pleasures.
(5.22) One who is able to withstand the impulse of lust and anger
before death is a yogi, and a happy person. (5.23) One who finds
happiness with the Eternal Being, who rejoices Eternal Being
within, and who is illuminated by Self-knowledge; such a yogi attains Nirvana, and goes to Eternal Being. (5.24) Seers whose sins
(or imperfections) are destroyed, whose doubts have been dispelled by Self-knowledge, whose minds are disciplined, and who
are engaged in the welfare of all beings, attain the Supreme Being.
(5.25) They, who are free from lust and anger, who have subdued
the mind and senses, and who have known the Self, easily attain
Nirvana. (5.26)
Path of meditation and contemplation
A sage is liberated by renouncing all material enjoyments, focusing the eyes and the mind between the eye-brows, equalizing
the breath moving through the nostrils by using yogic techniques,
keeping the senses, mind, and intellect under control, having salvation as the prime goal, and by becoming free from lust, anger,
greed and fear. (5.27-28) My devotee attains peace by knowing
Me, the Supreme Being as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities,
as the great Lord of all the universe, and the friend of all beings.