Stanza 24
O my dear, the wise men give up all types of meditation as well as all types of action--good or bad.
They drink the nectar of renunciation.I am by nature blissful and free.
Stanza 25
Where the intellect cannot reach,how can there be any form of compostion?
The great Avadhuta after purifying himself through mediatation and becoming absorbed in Infinite Bliss has sung spontaneously about Brahman.
End of chapter 4
Renu,
I just want to know more about Stanza 24.
What does it mean as giving up all types of `actions'
Lord Krishna criticizes `inaction' and advices Arujuna to fight to preserve Kshatriya Dharma.
Recently I had discussions with Swami Tattvanishtha Saraswathi (STS)
Vidyanidhi Trust
As per the instructions of his Guru Poojya Dayananda Saraswathi
(PDS), he is running a school and hospital at a Tsunami affected area serving mostly to fishermen community.
STS (aged around 38 years) is a dental Surgeon in his poorvasrama and spent more than 15 years learning Vedhas, Upanisheds and Bagavath Geetha before obtaining Sanyasa from his Guru. I learnt from the discussions, he is not at all interested in running a trust involving money and very much interested in doing `tapas' at Himalayas surrounded by wild animals. But due to the orders of his Guru, he is running a school and hospital at a remote village.
As a true `Sanyasi', he has given up everything in life. But his Guru seems to have told him that in the present age, he has to do service to the poor even during `sanyasa' life.
I also felt that doing service to the poor is very good as compared to doing `tapas' in Himalayas.
Stanza 24 supports inaction which I feel is not correct in the present age.
I am always open to alternate opinion.
All the best