Passage 3

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In plain words

From a man, only a man is born. In the same way, from God only God is born. Man is the kinship and bond of Prakṛti and …. So man too must always be Sadānanda, …, and Śubhaṅkara. Man's own form is the reflection of this Prakṛti; …'s three eyes are the image of the three worlds. The trident is the … of the three times. The three guṇas are the image of the Trimūrti; so the very form of the three worlds, the three times and the Trimūrti is Īśvaratva …; only when you picture in the heart the Īśvaratva that is … does humanness … as Īśvaratva …. To bring about the welfare of the world, He kept the poison in His throat. It is the welfare of the world … that He makes the Gaṅgā flow from His head. For the peace of the mind He … the cool moon … His head. Its inner meaning is this: when man too becomes like Īśvara, he must … hold down the bad qualities within him and spread only good into the world. … the man who holds down the bad qualities, bad thoughts and bad resolves within him … and gives the world … qualities, good thoughts, good resolves and good conduct …, becomes God.

Man must keep his power of desire under control to some extent. Every desire too must take a … shape. Falling on the body of the dead Rāvaṇa, Mandodarī weeps. 'Lord, as long as you kept … under control, the three worlds were … in your power. The day you let your senses roam freely after your desires, that day your fall … began. No one else is the cause of your fall or of your good fortune. To think that through someone or other … misfortunes will not come about is ignorance. Your control of the mind alone … all that is auspicious to you. Only when the senses keep to Dharma will peace and happiness come to you; in the … it is said, Dharma, Artha, Kāma. When your Artha and Kāma are without Dharma, you … fall …. Only when they are with Dharma do you become a cause of the welfare of the world. Its inner meaning is that Artha and Kāma must be enjoyed ….

Control of the senses is most essential for every human being. Only he who has controlled himself can command …. Only he who has ruled his own senses comes to have the … to rule others. This very control has another name: dama. Only he who has achieved dama is a dān…. The dānta alone is the true Vedāntin. Vedānta becomes possible only through tapas. Control of the senses itself … … tapas without control of the senses turns into a fall.