Commentary on the Bhagavadgita - 12- 5. Swami Krishnananda.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 17, 2021. 8:10. AM. Discourse 12 :THE FIFTH CHAPTER CONTINUES : THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A PERFECTED PERSON : 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tatparāyaṇāḥ is always eager to attain That. Day in and day out we brood over the possibility of this supreme attainment: “When shall I get it, when shall I get it, when shall I get it?” You can go on chanting this mantra: “When shall I get it, when shall I get it, when shall I get it, when shall I get it?” This little sentence is also a recipe for bringing the mind back to the point of concentration on That. Eagerness to receive that Being into ourselves, eagerness to unite ourselves with that Being is tivra vairagya, intense detachment towards the world of objects. It is tivra samvega, or intense ardour ...