Chapter
18: The
Varnâs'rama System:
the Withdrawn and the Renounced
(29) Despite his
intelligence he [the detached soul, a sannyâsî]
should play like a child, despite his expertise
he should act as if incompetent, despite his
learning he should speak like being
absent-minded and despite his knowing the
injunctions he should behave in an unrestricted
manner ['wander as a cow'].
Chapter
19: The
Perfection of Spiritual Knowledge
(20-24) Faith in the nectar
of the narrations about Me, always recite
[sing] My glories, to be fixed on ceremonial
worship, to relate to Me with hymns and
prayers; to have great respect for My
devotional service, to offer obeisances with
all of one's limbs, to be of first-class
worship for My devotees, to think of Me as
being present in all living beings, to
dedicate all one's normal activities to Me, to
describe with words My qualities, to offer
one's mind to Me and reject all material
desires; to give up wealth for My sake, to
renounce sensual pleasures and material
happiness, to be of sacrifice with charity and
offerings, to do japa and to keep to vows and
austerities for My purpose, are for human
beings of surrender, oh Uddhava, the different
forms of religiosity from which arises loving
service unto Me - what other purpose would
remain for My devotee [to be accomplished]?
Chapter
20: Trikanda
Yoga: Bhakti Surpasses
Knowledge and Detachment
(17) A person is the killer
of his own soul when he, in this well suited
boat of the so rarely attained but naturally
acquired physical human body, does not cross over the
ocean of material existence, being propelled by
the favorable winds that I am, and with the
spiritual master as the captain.
Chapter
21: On
Distinguishing between Good and Bad
(19) When one presumes the objects
stimulating the senses to be good, a person
will develop attachment as a consequence, from
that attachment lust originates and because of
that lust [to enjoy at will] there is quarrel
among people. (20) Because of quarreling there is the
anger that is difficult to handle and because
of anger there is ignorance; and thus
someone's broad consciousness is quickly
overtaken by darkness [or narrowed
consciousness].
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Chapter
22: Prakriti
and Purusha:
Nature and the Enjoyer
(10) A person is stuck to
eternal ignorance and cannot all by himself
figure out what the process of self-realization
entails. That knowledge is derived from someone
else familiar with the Absolute Truth [compare 11.21: 10].
(37) The
Supreme Lord said: 'The mind of the
people ruled by their fruitive labor, is
bound to the five senses.
Traveling from one world to the next, the soul,
which has a separate existence, follows that
mind [see
also linga, vâsanâ and B.G. 2: 22].
Chapter
23: Forbearance:
the Song of the Avantî Brâhmana
(28) The Supreme Lord, the
Supreme Personality who comprises all the gods
and who, satisfied with me, led me to this
condition of detachment, constitutes the boat
for the soul [to cross the material ocean. See
also 11.17: 44].
Chapter
24: Analytic
Knowledge, Sankhya, Summarized
