A: The ever-concerned Lord, to save the individual from straying, helps him to realize that, “The gains of my action do not belong to me”, “Even the action for gain is not mine”, “and I am not the one, who is doing this”. The individual, while engaged in exercises to achieve a goal, is guided by the Lord to practice anonymity (‘karthuthva thyaaga’). He also encourages the individual to concentrate on His form, so that over a period of time, the individual develops an instinctive urge to desire for the ultimate goal of absolute moksha. This, in fact is the initiative that the Lord displays. Even before granting the kaivalya moksha to the individual nearing the finishing line, the Lord presents His most beautiful form and provides a choice of desiring the experience of his enlightened divine self (soul) and the experience of the Lord (Super-Soul). When the individual makes the choice: “I prefer the experience of my own self and not the experience of Thee”, the Lord grants the individual what has been sought. There is therefore no want in the Lord’s grace and concern for the individual.
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