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Line 45: − + − Chapter 26+ − The Song of Purūravā+ − + − + − (31) Just as cold, fear and darkness will dissipate for the one who resorts to the supreme grace of fire [Agni], similarly dullness, apprehension and ignorance will dissolve for someone who serves the devotees. + − − (32) For those who submerge and again rise in the fearful ocean of material life, the saintly devotees, peaceful in understanding the Absolute, constitute a supreme shelter as good as a life boat for people drowning in the water [compare 11.23: 28 and 11.17: 44]. − − (33) Devotees constitute the refuge of those afraid to fall down, as good as food is there to grant the living beings their life, I exist as the shelter for the distressed and dharma is there as the wealth of the deceased. − − (34) The devotees grant you the [divine] eyes while the sun [only] shows the external world after having risen; they are the worshipable ones, one's [true] relatives, they are one's actual self and Me as well [see also e.g. 1.1: 15, 3.5: 47, 3.6: 28, 11.2: 6]. − − − − श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां − संहितायामेकादशस्कन्धे श्रीकृष्णोद्धवसंवादे − ऐलगीतं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ॥ २६॥ +
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The wise desire nothing. They are independent and do not accept any gifts. They devote their mind to the Supreme, have a calm mind and visualise the Supreme equally everywhere. They are free from the notions of ‘I’ and ‘Mine’ and are beyond the pairs of opposites. They are free from attachments of any kind.
The wise desire nothing. They are independent and do not accept any gifts. They devote their mind to the Supreme, have a calm mind and visualise the Supreme equally everywhere. They are free from the notions of ‘I’ and ‘Mine’ and are beyond the pairs of opposites. They are free from attachments of any kind.
Also, they constantly talk of the Supreme Being and by virtue of listening to talks or stories about the Supreme Being (from them), one is completely absolved from their papas. For, those who listen to talks or stories about the Supreme Being with sincerity, reverence and faith in their efficacy, sing them and are delighted in them, become attached to the Supreme Being and attain faith and devotion to Him. And once devotional service unto the Supreme Being, the embodiment of knowledge and bliss, is achieved, there remains nothing else to be accomplished by one.<ref name=":1" />
Also, they constantly talk of the Supreme Being and by virtue of listening to talks or stories about the Supreme Being (from them), one is completely absolved from their papas. For, those who listen to talks or stories about the Supreme Being with sincerity, reverence and faith in their efficacy, sing them and are delighted in them, become attached to the Supreme Being and attain faith and devotion to Him. And once devotional service unto the Supreme Being, the embodiment of knowledge and bliss, is achieved, there remains nothing else to be accomplished by one.
Elaborating further on the importance of Satsangati, Bhagavan says,
Just as cold, fear and darkness leave the one who resorts to Agni, similarly, ignorance, fear of death and all other evils run away from the one who associates, worships and lives with the wise.
(1) The Supreme Lord said: 'Having acquired this human body that is My characteristic, one achieves, being situated in My dharma, Me, the Supreme Soul of Spiritual Happiness situated in the heart.
The wise who have realised Brahman are the supreme resort for those who rise and fall (take higher and lower births) in the fearful ocean of Samsara like a strong life boat to those drowning in water [compare 11.23: 28 and 11.17: 44].
(18) What does this filthy body, unclean, full of bad odors, have to offer; what are those 'pleasing [feminine] qualities' and so on anyway? They constitute an influence originating from ignorance!
While the Sun, having risen, bestows only one external eye on people, the wise bestow on them many eyes (internal) i.e., many ways of attaining knowledge. Thus, the wise are the veritable deities and true friends; They are the Supreme Being, the Atman<ref name=":1" /> [see also e.g. 1.1: 15, 3.5: 47, 3.6: 28, 11.2: 6].
It is said that Pururavas or Aila, (35) for this very reason abandoned his desire for the world of Urvashi. And then, liberated from all attachment, wandered the earth being innerly satisfied.<ref name=":0" />
(35) He [Purūravā] who for that reason no longer desired the world of Urvaśī, then liberated from all attachment, innerly satisfied wandered this earth.'
श्रीमद्भागवते महापुराणे पारमहंस्यां संहितायामेकादशस्कन्धे श्रीकृष्णोद्धवसंवादे ऐलगीतं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ॥ २६॥
=== Aila-gita: The Song of Pururava (11.26.7–24) ===
=== Aila-gita: The Song of Pururava (11.26.7–24) ===
The ''Aila-gita'' also is part of the ''Uddhava-gita''. To explain how unfavorable association is a threat to one's position in devotional service, Lord Krishna gave the example of the emperor Pururava (also called Aila). Aila was bewildered by the association of the heavenly beauty Urvashi, and later became renounced after being separated from her. Expressing his contempt for undue attachment to the opposite sex, he sang a song called the ''Aila-gita'':
The ''Aila-gita'' also is part of the ''Uddhava-gita''. To explain how unfavorable association is a threat to one's position in devotional service, Lord Krishna gave the example of the emperor Pururava (also called Aila). Aila was bewildered by the association of the heavenly beauty Urvashi, and later became renounced after being separated from her. Expressing his contempt for undue attachment to the opposite sex, he sang a song called the ''Aila-gita'':