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Bhaj Govindam 

Am putting forth again the gist of what we have seen so far in the previous 8 verses.

In the first 6 verses Guru Shri Shankaracharya has been talking about the disease we all are infested with and the symptoms. In the 7th verse he told us the cause and in verse 8 he started helping us with the remedy or the solution to our illness called ‘Delusion’. 

In verse 8 we were asked to inquire; Who am I and Where have I come from? In Verse 9, how this very state can be held on to and outcome has been told.

Verse 9

सत्संगत्वे निस्संगत्वं, 

निस्संगत्वे निर्मोहत्वं।

निर्मोहत्वे निश्चलतत्त्वं 

निश्चलतत्त्वे जीवन्मुक्तिः॥९॥

The ninth verse said to me - Shruti says🌷

Sat ka saang (company of the ultimate truth) leads to no company,

No company leads to destruction of delusion.

Destruction of delusion leads to steadfastness (makes one Stith Prgya),

Steadfastness is liberation.

In other words,

When we connected to God, we realise that all is but one, there is no two. Hence, duality vanishes and when there is no duality there is no delusion. When all is god and his Leela, we learn surrender and to just be and that is liberations.

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This verse is so beautiful, a constant mulling and pondering of this verse reveals the deepest of secrets. How just one right connection or contact can carry us efforlessly to Liberations. Let’s first understand the meaning of each word.

Satsangat 

What do we mean by Satsaang? It means Saat ka Saang - The company of Truth. 

What is the definition of Truth? Truth is Eternal, permanent and never changing. It was the same, it is the same and it will remain the same, no situation nor time has impact on it. It is not momentary, transient or perishable.

Everything and everyone else is but a passing cloud. What is relevant today, becomes irrelevant tomorrow. The close become distant etc. That which is changing is not real. It is Maya, it is mithya - Untrue.

Now, if we ponder on truth, we will realise, only one fits the definition of truth - That is God.  

Sat Ka Saang = Company of Truth = Company of God

Note: That which takes me to God is Su-Saangh (good company), anything that takes me away from God is Ku-Saangh - that is bad company.

Nissangat

The direct translations means ‘No company’. Having no company can be described in various ways;

• Being in solitude - Alone ( Note - Alone not necessarily means lonely - There is a big difference between ‘Akelapan’ And ‘Ekanth’. where Akeapan means lonely, Ekanth means, in the company of self.) The example of this kind of solitude are our various Rishis.

• Being in Samsar or world, yet being alone - Even in the middle of thousands of people one is alone - Na kisi se dosti, aur na kisi se bare, no hatred or love. The best example fo this kind of Nissangat is Maharaja Janak. In the middle of all the opulences, he had no company other than the Lord. He looked like a normal Raja, and was even judged and mistook by Sukhdevji to be an attached house-holder, not worthy to be his guru. 

Physical distancing or Mental distancing, both are termed as No company.

Note: Any Place, person or thing that takes us aways from God and the inquiry of the truth, ‘Who am I And Where have I come from’, should be shunned and discarded at the earliest. 

Nirmoha

Moha is Delusion. Delusion is believing the real to be unreal, and the unreal to be real. In the dark, the rope looks like a snake, or the pole looks like a ghost. But, when the sun rises, the truth is revealed and the rope and the pole are seen as it is, and the fear vanishes.

When we see duality, me and mine, you and yours in this world it is Moha...