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of the senses without being dovetailed with the Complete Whole. For example, the hand of a body is a complete unit as long as it is attached to the complete body. When the hand is detached from the body, it may appear like a hand, but actually it has none of the potency of a hand. Similarly, the living beings are parts and parcels of the Complete Whole; and as long as the parts and parcels are detached from the Complete Whole, the illusory representation of completeness is not enough to bring the desired result.
The completeness of human life can only be realized when the human form of life is engaged in the service of the Complete Whole. Any service in this world, whether social, political, communal, international, or even inter-planetary, will remain incomplete unless and until it is dovetailed with the Complete Whole. And, when everything is dovetailed with the Complete Whole, the attached parts and parcels also become complete in themselves.
MANTRA ONE
ईशा वास्यमिदं सर्वं यत्किञ्च जगत्यां जगत् । तेन त्यक्तेन भुञ्जीथा मा गृधः कस्य स्विद्धनम् ॥ १ ॥
iśāvāsyam idam sarvam yat kiñca jagatyām jagat tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam.
iśā—by the Lord; vāsyam—controlled; idam—this; sarvam—all: yat—whatever; kim—it (is); ca—and; jagatyām—within the universe; jagat—all that is animate or inanimate; tena—by Him; tyaktena—set apart quota; bhuñjīthā—must you accept; mā—do not; gṛdhaḥ—make into use; kasya svid—whom does it belong; dhanam—things necessary.