6.17 The Wish To Know The Self (Vividishaa)

It has been said in the Vedas : Through rituals, charity, penance, fasting and study of the Vedas, do brahmins seek to know of this brahman, This wish to know is called "vividishaa". The result of everything is the dawning of this wish to "know" the supreme self.   Vividishaa happens only in a purified mind. In wishes of wealth and selfish desire (kaama), there are divisions with regards to knowing, doing and enjoying. But in the wish to know the supreme self, there are no such divisions.