All objects pertaining to the body are continuously moving towards destruction. So far these objects have not stayed with anyone forever, then how will they stay now? From your side, release these things that come and go. If these come then great ! If they go away, then great ! This itself is called renunciation. There is immediate peace from renunciation.
त्यागाच्छान्तिरनन्तरम् ।।12.12।।
Renunciation does not mean to leave money, property, family etc., and run away. Wherever you go after leaving these, the body will still stay with you. The body is also a partner of these things (money, property, family etc.). An affinity (relationship) with this body, is affinity (relationship) with the entire world. This body is the seed of this world. A single seed can be the cause of an entire forest. Therefore these object have not to be renounced by us, rather they are not to be assumed as ours and for us. When we do not consider them to be ours, all worries and distress will come to an end.
The daughter is the same, and we are the same, but after her marriage, even if the daughter is sitting in our house, we do not worry about her, because we have now accepted that she is not ours. In the same way, this body too is a daughter. It needs to be taken care off, but it is not to be assumed as ours. This daughter in the form of this body has to be surrendered (turned over) in God’s hands, and thereafter become free of all worries.
To this date, no one has been able to keep this body and other worldly objects. So far, there have been many great ascetics, who have received many many great boons, but none have been able to keep their body etc. No one can keep the body, no one whatsoever. Then what is the benefit of the false attempts and efforts to try to keep it? To make an effort to keep this body with you, to try to keep the money, property, house etc., is like trying to capture darkness.
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