In English
Man is described as , the river of Life
It is because man becomes a slave of his senses that he descends to the animal level instead of rising to the state of the Divine Master, . Man is like a piece of sugarcane, which has many knots. These knots in man are the evil tendencies like lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride and envy. These tendencies assume various forms such as love of wealth, attachment to wife and children and the like. Because of these attachments, he forgets his true nature. The scriptures describe man as . This name is familiarly associated with that of a river. But, in reality is the River of Life. '' means that which is auspicious. '' means that which is immense and immeasurable. refers to the body which is capable of conferring limitless well-being on mankind. By misusing such a body man is ruining his life and destroying his true humanness. The body is intended for rendering help to others and not for self-enjoyment. Unfortunately because of the perversions of the mind, man loses himself in worldly pleasures. He is a slave to the vagaries of the mind and ignores the counsel of the (intellect). Man should remember that the same Divine (Awareness) is present in all human beings. This truth is accepted by all faiths. It may be asked why God is not visible if He is all-pervading. The-answer is that though God is omnipresent, He can be experienced only by those who have a pure heart. Just as a cow's milk can be got only from the udder and not from any other part of the cow, God's image can be visualized only by those with a heart full of love and which is pure and free from selfishness. God cannot be perceived by those with impure minds and polluted hearts. The sun cannot be seen when he is covered by a cloud. But when the wind sweeps the cloud away, the effulgent sun becomes visible. Likewise man has to drive away the cloud of ignorance enveloping his mind by meditating on God. In this there is no greater or easier means of realising God than chanting His name.