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Bhagavad Gita 15.4

One should seek the state of no return by taking refuge in the original Person from whom the world flowed.

ततः पदं तत्परिमार्गितव्यं यस्मिन्गता न निवर्तन्ति भूयः।
तमेव चाद्यं पुरुषं प्रपद्ये यतः प्रवृत्तिः प्रसृता पुराणी॥

tataḥ padaṃ tatparimārgitavyaṃ yasmingatā na nivartanti bhūyaḥ
tameva cādyaṃ puruṣaṃ prapadye yataḥ pravṛttiḥ prasṛtā purāṇī

Translation

After that, one must seek that state from which those who reach it never return. One takes refuge in that original Person, from whom this ancient stream of activity flowed out.

Hindi

उसके बाद उस पद को खोजना चाहिए जहाँ पहुँचकर लोग फिर नहीं लौटते। मैं उसी आदि पुरुष की शरण लेता हूँ, जिससे यह पुरानी सृष्टि-प्रवृत्ति फैली है।

Commentary

Once the tree is cut, the seeker has somewhere to go. The goal is a state from which there is no return, and the way to it is surrender to the original Person who is the source of the whole world process. This is the positive side of detachment, which is the release called moksha. 15.5 lists the qualities of those who arrive.

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