Passage 21

On the Gītā: 9.22

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In plain words

Mere reading brings no benefit. If men and sādhakas would lay claim to the Lord's sacred vow, His dīkṣā-kaṅkaṇa, “I carry yoga and kṣema”, then as for the complaint that He has not looked after the protection of His devotees, that is, their “yogakṣema”, as He said He would: it is easily settled if one asks, of the method Paramātma set out before that, ‘Are we practising it, or not?’ Sādhakas do not ask this. When they take only what they need and do not look into what comes before and after it, harm follows.

Sri Satchitananda Sai