Pollution-Free

The great saint Tulsidas says…
Is spiritual illumination possible without a preceptor ? Or, again, is it possible to
acquire wisdom without dispassion? Or, as the holy scriptures declare, can one
attain happiness without devotion to Almighty? Again can one find peace
without innate content? Can a boat ever float without water even though you strain every
nerve till your last breath? Without content desire cannot cease; and so long as desire continues you can
never dream of happiness. Again, can desire be got rid of without adoring contentment ? Can
a tree ever take root without soil? Can even-mindedness be acquired without spiritual
enlightenment? Can anyone get moving limitlessly without space? There can be no piety
without faith. Can anyone get odour except from the earth matters and spread one,s glory except
through austere penance? Can there be any taste in this world without water? Can virtue
be acquired without waiting upon the wise, any more than colour can exist without the
element of sunlight? Can the mind be at rest without experiencing the joy inherent
in one,s own self? Can there be any sensation of touch without air, and any success
without faith? In a like manner the fear of rebirth can never cease except through worship of God .
Can suffering ensue from solicitude for others. well-being? Can anyone possessing
the philosopher.s stone, say gold or diamond suffer from poverty any longer ? Can the malevolent be free from
anxiety? Can the sensualist escape obloquy? Can one,s posterity survive even though
one has persecuted the saints? Can one continue to perform actions (with
attachment) even after attaining Self-Realization? Has anyone acquired sound wisdom
while living in the company of the vicious? Can an adulterer attain a happy destiny? Can
those who have realized God fall again into the ocean of transmigration? Can the revilers
of good souls be ever happy? Can a kingdom stand without a knowledge of statecraft? Can
sins persist even after one has commenced narrating welfare of all? Can one enjoy
sacred renown without religious merit and can anyone earn a bad reputation without a
sin? Is there any gain as valuable as Devotion to God, which is glorified alike by
saints as well as by the holy scriptures ? And is there any loss in the world
as grievous as that of the man who fails to adore welfare of all ,even after obtaining a human
body? Is there any other sin so bad as backbiting or any virtue so great as compassion .Is there any demigod other than that human who in the universe always thinks of Nonvoilence , helping all creatures and making the Earth as per natural environment free from all pollutions .