Passage 6

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… heart You gave me, that very heart I offer to You. Nothing is mine. ‘Madīya dhanadārādi …rvabhāra samarpitaṃ, ātmānaṃ śēṣabhūtaṃhi rakṣamāṃ śaraṇāgatiḥ,’ he said. Because such embodiments of sacrifice have shone brilliantly in the land of Bhārata from that time on, Bhārata has taken shape as a land of sacrifice, a land of karma, a yoga ….

Today giving and sacrifice have turned into a fashion. It has … into a field of business. Give this much, and it must appear on the front page of the paper in letters this big. In those days, though they … of their own accord gave up even a kingdom, the great souls of that time went on enjoying the joy of the heart without any publicity. On such a path of sacrifice, in such a spirit of sacrifice, those who set out to sacrifice without caring in the least who stood in the way were great souls. After marrying Mīrā, Kumāra Bhōjarāja kept providing her with comforts of many kinds. But when Bābar invaded their kingdom, in that war her husband, Rāṇā Bhōjarāja, …. Then Mīrā was left without a protector. Her husband's younger brother, Ratnasiṃha, became king. He kept tormenting Mīrā in many ways. Placing a poisonous serpent inside her basket, he sent it to her. In the milk and the water she drank he gave her deadly poison. He tried to torment her in so many … ways. Unable to bear such wicked deeds, the people themselves killed … that Ratnasiṃha. After him his younger brother became king; Vikramasiṃha was his name. He kept putting every obstacle he could, of every kind, to keep her from going to the temple. He kept any … at all from going near her. At this time Mīrā wrote a long letter and sent it to Tulasīdās …. Tulasīdās and Mīrā were of the same time. What is my duty? I am placed in such a plight. Am I to leave home, or guard the honour of the house, or reach God, who is dear to me as my life? At once Tulasīdās sent her an answer. ‘Mīrā! Whoever comes between God and the devotee, be it father, be it …, or be it friend, or be it husband, be it wife, be it guru, give them up,’ he said.

Before birth and after death, the One who is there always is God. So, to reach the eternal Satya …, the hindrances of things impermanent and fleeting … at all, he ….