Passage 9

In English

No one has the ability to punish the mind

is ordinarily construed as meaning very old. But here it refers to the Consciousness which is pervading the whole body (city or of nine gates). It pervades everything. (One who enforces the law). When a criminal is punished by a court after being found guilty, he is kept in prison. It is only the body that gets punished. But the real culprit is the mind. No one has got any right or ability to punish the mind which really causes the convict to commit the crime. The mind can travel anywhere even when a person is in prison. The Government or Police have no control over the mind. It is only the supreme power of the Divine that can have control over the mind. The effulgence of the Lord is equal to that of one of Suns. The Lord's face is beaming with the brilliance of the Sun. On being struck by the radiant effulgence in 's face, became ecstatic and described it as that of the blemishless full moon. The faces of present-day men look like a jungle with dense growth of beards and sideburns. Brilliance is absent. 's face was spotless because his heart was pure and was filled with feelings of sacrifice. He never did anything for himself. Whatever he did was only for (the welfare of the world). ( was the embodiment of ). If one follows , he is protected by the same . sacrificed all his comforts and enjoyments of royal life and endured the privations of forest life. is to be taken as the ideal for the students. They should respect and obey their parents' words. The , teacher, comes only after the parents.