VERSE 9

Association with good and enlightened men provides occasion for the practice of withdrawal from desire and attachment. Every one is aware of the effects of company. It is more effective than mere precept. Calmness and equanimity are the results of good company. As desires and attachments become less and less, the delusion which preys upon life diminishes.

Desire and delusion warp the, mind and cloud the understanding obstructing the power to discriminate between the good and the bad, between the lofty and the low. Delusion is the name given to the state where one is unable to distinguish between the true and the false. Desire and attachment are the cause of this delusion.

As these diminish, one gradually gets free from this delusion. When it vanishes completely, the mind ceases to be agitated and becomes steady. When the mind becomes steady, internal purity ensues. Purity is Sivam, Divinity Itself. When that state is reached, it is salvation, that is, jeevanmukti.

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