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TEXT 19 ihaiva tair jitah sargo
SYNONYMS  iha--in
this life; eva--certainly; taih--by them; jitah--conquered;
sargah--birth and death; yesam--of those; samye--in
equanimity; sthitam--so situated; manah--mind; nirdosam--flawless;
hi--certainly; samam--in equanimity; brahma--the Supreme;
tasmat--therefore; brahmani--in the Supreme; te--they;
sthitah--are situated.
TRANSLATION Those whose
minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered
the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and
thus they are already situated in Brahman.
PURPORT Equanimity of
mind, as mentioned above, is the sign of self-realization. Those who have
actually attained to such a stage should be considered to have conquered
material conditions, specifically birth and death. As long as one identifies
with this body, he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he
is elevated to the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he
is liberated from conditional life. In other words, he is no longer subject
to take birth in the material world but can enter into the spiritual sky
after his death. The Lord is flawless because He is without attraction
or hatred. Similarly, when a living entity is without attraction or hatred,
he also becomes flawless and eligible to enter into the spiritual sky.
Such persons are to be considered already liberated, and their symptoms
are described below.
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