Sloka #24
- सहनं सर्वदुःखानामप्रतीकारपूर्वकम् ।
- चिन्ताविलापरहितं सा तितिक्षा निगद्यते ॥२४॥
Translation
24. The bearing of all afflictions without caring to redress them, being free (at the same time) from anxiety or lament on their score, is called Titiksha or forbearance.
Sloka #25
- शास्त्रस्य गुरुवाक्यस्य सत्यबुद्ध्यवधारणम् ।
- सा श्रद्धा कथिता सद्भिर्यया वस्तूपलभ्यते ॥२५॥
Translation
25. Acceptance by firm judgment of the mind as true of what the scriptures and the Guru instruct, is called by the sages Sraddha or faith, by means of which the Reality is perceived.
[Acceptance by firm judgment etc. — Not to be confused with what is generally called blind acceptance. The whole mind must attain to that perfect state of assured reliance on the truth of instructions received, without which a whole-hearted, one-pointed practice of those instructions is not possible.]
Sloka #26
- सर्वदा स्थापनं बुद्धेः शुद्धे ब्रह्मणि सर्वदा ।
- तत्समाधानमित्युक्तं न तु चित्तस्य लालनम् ॥२६॥
Translation
26. Not the mere indulgence of thought (in curiosity) but the constant concentration of the intellect (or the affirming faculty) on
