Mantra One 13

of the senses without being dovetailed with the Complete Whole.
lor example, the hand of a body is a complete unit as long as it
ix 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

dan arate ag ahaer act HTT |
AA USUI AT Ta: BE Pagal ku

isavasyam idam sarvarh

yat kifica jagatyam jagat

tena tyaktena bhuiijitha

ma grdhah kasya svid dhanam.

iga—by the Lord; vasyam—controlled; idam—this; sarvam—all: yat—
whatever; kim—it (is); ca—and; jagatyam—within the universe; jagat—all that
is animate or inanimate; tena—by Him; tyaktena—set apart quota;
bhufijithah—must you accept; mad—do not; grdhah—make into use; kasya
svid—whom does it belong; dhanam—things necessary.
