Om is the bow, the Self is the arrow, and Brahman is called its target. It is to be pierced by one who is undistracted; then one becomes one with it, like the arrow.
प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते । अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ॥ ४॥
Serve, love, give, purify, meditate, and realize
Whosoever makes his mind the dwelling place for God, remembers it for ever, he receives the real happiness. If the mind concentrates on God, one receives joy that is free from pains.
Having reached that state, one finds their haven in the contemplation of Eternal Beauty, and no longer in worldly pleasures.
If the soul is to know God, it must forget itself and lose itself, for as long as it contemplates self, it cannot contemplate God.
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