In plain words
That power of the intellect is Dakṣiṇāmūrti. With that in view MS Subbulakshmi prayed to Dakṣiṇāmūrti first of all. First of all we must set our intellect on the holy path. She played the part of Mīrā, in a film. The Mahārāṇā told Mīrā to get out of his palace. But where would she go? She believed that Kṛṣṇa was her all in all. There was nowhere she could go. So she urged, ‘Cal re man, Gaṅgā Yamunā tīr.’ She did not book a ticket to Prayāg, that lady. Where is this Prayāg? The place between the brows, where the two, iḍā and piṅgaḷā, join, is the Prayāg that is the meeting of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā. ‘Gaṅga Yamunā nirmal pānī śītal hove śarīr cal re man.’ The path of karma and the path of Bhakti, these two are like the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā. The path of karma must be karma without desire. The path of Bhakti must be pure Bhakti. Śītal means the principle of Praśānti. Recognising this inner meaning, Mīrā went on praying to Kṛṣṇa. But in the songs of today nobody wants holy feelings. ‘Gaṅgā Yamunā tīr, let us take tickets to Prayāg and go.’ This is the only thought. Through these outward, natural, physical practices we are forgetting the level of the heart, which is eternal and true. First of all we must bring about purity of feeling. We must drive away the Ahaṅkāra that says ‘I’, ‘I’. We must give up the attachment that says ‘mine, mine’. Whenever we cast off these two, that itself is tyāga. That life of tyāga is the sweet life. This is what the Veda described as ‘Nakarmaṇā naprajayā dhanena tyāgenaike amṛtatvamānasuḥ.’ Nothing surpasses tyāga. First of all we must make a fitting effort for tyāga. Where do we gain tyāga? We gain it in service to society. All are brothers and sisters! There is only one Father. He is God. All are parts of Him! All are embodiments of a part of God! You are unable to recognise this truth. We strive, saying, ‘God is somewhere, and we must reach Him.’ There is no need to go anywhere for God.