सदृशं चेष्टते स्वस्या: प्रकृतेर्ज्ञानवानपि |
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रह: किं करिष्यति || 33||
प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि निग्रह: किं करिष्यति || 33||
sadṛiśhaṁ cheṣhṭate svasyāḥ prakṛiter jñānavān api
prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati
prakṛitiṁ yānti bhūtāni nigrahaḥ kiṁ kariṣhyati
BG 3.33: Even wise people act according to their nature (prakRti), for all living beings are propelled by the guNas or their natural tendencies. What can restraint do?
Refer to the the different classes of jnAnis as described in the tripurA rahasya.
Even
after jnAna, there are different classes of jnAnis. Each acts according
to his or her nature. So once jnAnam is regained in this birth, the
vAsanAs starting with deha vAsanA can continue to play out depending on
the continuity of jnAna or samAdhi. Those who have jnAnam recognize
other jnAnis, and they do not judge others. Why? They always see the
light of consciousness in others even if they have to have empirical
dealings with them in bhUloka. GuNas play with the guNas. Even Indra,
brahmA, shiva, viShNu have engaged in lustful and shameful acts and the
trimUrti are nitya jnAnis- eternal jnAnis. This is not a license for
ignorance or for allowing the senses to run amok, but the point is to use all
the yardsticks and characteristics to judge one's own spiritual progress
and not that of others. Why? Because if you have had jnAnam in this
human birth then you will know that to cognize the other is ajnAnam born
of rajas and tamas and if you didn't know that until you were told you
had better listen to the one who tells you that and not judge that
person. And yet it is the greatest wisdom to hold oneself up to the
highest standard.
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