In English
Having lived with the cruel and wicked and having eaten their food, all my blood was contaminated. All the dharmic principles were buried deep under such blood. When your husband shot me with an arrow, all the bad blood had flown out and the dharmic principles are now coming up.” The meaning and moral of this story is that the kind of food we take will determine the kind of thoughts and the kind of blood that will form in us. Even people who are basically good will have bad thoughts if they eat unsacred food. That is why we say that the kind of food that we take will determine the kind of thoughts that we get, and the kind of thoughts we get will determine our conduct. While was preaching the need for sacred conduct, had set in. was waiting for nearly fifty-six days for this sacred time. He looked at the divine and compassionate face of . ’s eyes met those of . He was addressing him and saying, “Oh, God in human form, who lives in , you have the capacity to grant birth to people, sustain them and bring about their end; you have assumed various to take care of your devotees.” Saying thus, gave up his life. By this praise and description from , once again the realised that was indeed divine. Even earlier, they realised his divine nature, but being under the influence of , sometimes they used to regard him as their brother-in-law rather than as a divine person. This makes people do various things, both good and bad. Truly, if the were not subjected to such , they would not have been able to experience for such a long time. If they readily recognised as God, they would not have done all that they had actually done because of ignorance. Divinity always brings about unions and separation. Man’s actions are influenced by attachment. Here, attachment should be interpreted as desire to have something. For this, the basis is generally a worldly desire. For such desires, the sensory organs are important. However much is your experience, you will want to have more and more. Whatever the extent of experience it may be, you are not satisfied. Here, in order to get detachment, the only process is one of sacrifice. This is something that is closely connected with good company. This good company has got certain ancillaries like good ideas, good habits, etc. To recognise human nature, the proper path is to move on from a state of attachment to a state of and from there to a state of love. You should have attachment towards the Lord and detachment towards the world. The reason for this is that the entire world is just transient. Whether it is in sorrow or pleasure, joy or pain, we should be able to think of God with an equal mind. Such a quality should be developed by us. was an individual who knew very well the sanctity of such an equalmindedness.