तेषामसौ विरजो ब्रह्मलोको न येषु जिह्ममनृतं न
माया चेति ॥ १.१६॥
इति प्रश्नोपनिषदि प्रथमः प्रश्नः ॥
teṣāmasau virajo brahmaloko na yeṣu jihmamanṛtaṃ na
māyā ceti .. 1.16..
iti praśnopaniṣadi prathamaḥ praśnaḥ ..
The stainless World of Brahma belongs to those in whom there is no crookedness, no falsehood, no deception.
Sri Ramakrishna Says —
MASTER: “What are the spiritual disciplines that give the mind its upward direction? One learns all this by constantly living in holy company. The rishis of olden times lived either in solitude or in the company of holy persons; therefore they could easily renounce ‘woman and gold’ and fix their minds on God. They had no fear nor did they mind the criticism of others.
“In order to be able to renounce, one must pray to God for the will-power to do so. One must immediately renounce what one feels to be unreal. The rishis had this will-power. Through it they controlled the sense-organs. If the tortoise once tucks in its limbs, you cannot make it bring them out even by cutting it into four pieces.
“The worldly man is a hypocrite. He cannot be guileless. He professes to love God, but he is attracted by worldly objects. He doesn’t give God even a very small part of the love he feels for ‘woman and gold’. But he says that he loves God. (To Mani Mallick) Give up hypocrisy.”
MANI: “Regarding whom, God or man?”
MASTER: “Regarding everything — man as well as God. One must not be a hypocrite.
“How guileless Bhavanath is! After his marriage he came to me and asked, ‘Why do I feel so much love for my wife?’ Alas, he is so guileless! (Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)