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ESSENCE OF SOUL other human being who realises the 'soul' and acts for its attainment, can also get eternal life"
Maitreyi Yagnavalkya turned his back to the material world and was handing over all his worldly possessions to his wife Mastrayı But something dawned on Maitrayı and she asked of the Rishi-her husband: 'Shall I get eternal life with all these possessions'.
"No dear," the Rishi answered in a firm tone.
'What then shall I do with all these worldly things, if I cannot attain eternal life by possessing them' she asked
Maitrayı yas renounceful in her attitude towards all those worldly possessions and so Yagnavalkya gave to her the knowledge of 'soul.
Sanat Kumar and Narad
In this very context and in order to understand the importance that the possession of knowledge of soul has, the story of Narad and Sanatkumar is very important.
Narad went to Sanatkumar and requested him to impart some knowledge to him. "Tell me first of all
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