The Sin of Breaking Households: Citrā’s Past Karma and the Remedy of Hari’s Name and Meditation
न शोको न च हर्षश्च न लोभो न च मत्सरः । एको विषादहर्षैश्च सुखदुःखैर्विमुच्यते
na śoko na ca harṣaśca na lobho na ca matsaraḥ | eko viṣādaharṣaiśca sukhaduḥkhairvimucyate
ไม่มีโศกไม่มีหรรษา ไม่มีโลภไม่มีริษยา; ผู้เป็นหนึ่ง (ผู้ตั้งมั่นในความเดี่ยวภายใน) ย่อมพ้นจากความหดหู่และความเริงร่า และพ้นจากสุขกับทุกข์
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Concept: Liberation is marked by cessation of emotional oscillation and ethical poisons: no grief/joy, no greed/envy; freedom from pleasure–pain and dejection–elation.
Application: Track four disturbances—śoka, harṣa, lobha, mātsarya—during the day; when they arise, pause, breathe, and shift to remembrance (nāma) and offering of the moment to Viṣṇu.
Primary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: हर्षश्च → हर्षः + च; विषादहर्षैश्च → विषादहर्षैः + च; सुखदुःखैर्विमुच्यते → सुखदुःखैः + विमुच्यते.
It teaches equanimity: freedom from emotional extremes (joy/sorrow) and moral afflictions (greed/envy) leads to liberation from the dualities of pleasure and pain.
“Eko” indicates one who is inwardly solitary and self-contained—single-minded in spiritual focus—rather than dependent on external circumstances for happiness or distress.
It emphasizes cultivating non-attachment and inner steadiness: reducing greed and envy and remaining balanced amid success and failure, comfort and discomfort.