Sri Jayanthi - ChathuslOki GitA

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers,

 

After the lovely post on KrishNA’s birth by Sri V.SadagOpan, I was

reading GitA, especially Chapter 10, slOkAs 8,9,10 &11. These four

verses are supposed to be called ChatuslOki GitA, since they describe

the essence of GitA. Let me share with you these four slOkAs on this

most auspicious day of Sri KrishNan’s janmaashtami. May Sri Partha

Sarathy bless us as He does always and shower His mercy on us!

 

10.8 aham sarvasya prabhavO matta: sarvam pravartthathE/ iti matva

bhajantE maam budhA bhAva samanvithA://

 

Meaning: I am the creator of everything and everything emanates from Me.

The learned (one who learns this) engage in their devotional service to

Me and worship Me wholeheartedly (great attention and involvement).

 

10.9 macchittA mad gatha prANA bOdhayantha: parasparam/ kathayanthascha

maam nityam tushyanti cha ramanti cha//

 

Meaning: My devotees have their minds and thoughts fully engaged on Me,

their lives devoted to Me; and they derive great satisfaction and bliss

enlightening one another and talking about Me perpetually.

 

10.10 tEshaam satata yuktaanaam bhajathaam prIti pUrvakam/ dadaami

buddhi yOgam tam yEna maam upayaanthi tE//

 

Meaning: I give the buddhi (jnAnam), to those who are constantly engaged

in devotional service and worship Me lovingly, by which (that buddhi)

they come to Me.

 

10.11 tEshaamEvaanukampaartham aham ajnAnan jam thama:/ nAsAmi Athma

bhAvasyO jnAna dIpEna bhAsvathA//

 

Meaning: Out of "anukampA" (compassion) for my devotees, I, dwelling in

their hearts (as antharyaamI) destroy their ignorance and darkness (out

of ignorance) with the bright shining lamp of jnAna (knowledge).

 

These four slOkAs, as you can see, speak the entire Sri Vaishnava

philosophy. It is He who, out of His compassion, enables us to perform

eternal service to Him. But, a little effort on our side to be devoted

to Him in full complete faith is necessary.

 

Please forgive me for any error in translation / transliteration.

 

May "Kutti KaNNan" born on this day, stay in our hearts to destroy our

darkness and enormous dirts!

 

tamasO maa jyOthirgamaya

 

KrishNA! KrishNA!

 

uNNu chOru parugum neer thinnum veRRilai ellaam KaNNan

 

Sarvam SrI KrishNArpaNamasthu.

 

Narayana dAsan MadhavakkaNNan

 

 

 

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Sri Madhavakkannan provides an interesting interpretation (and one

consistent with shankara bhashyam) for the following bhagavan vAkyam.

>

> 10.10 tEshaam satata yuktaanaam bhajathaam prIti pUrvakam/ dadaami

> buddhi yOgam tam yEna maam upayaanthi tE//

>

> Meaning: I give the buddhi (jnAnam), to those who are constantly

> engaged in devotional service and worship Me lovingly, by which

> (that buddhi) they come to Me.

 

However, I believe that the translation above is inconsistent with

Emberumaanaar bhAshyam and other poorvacharya vyAkhyAnams with

reference to the all-engulfing aashritha vyAmOham (mAlE in mAlE

maNivaNNA) of our dear kaNNa piRAn. What the lord seeks from us is

simply an absence of vimukhathvam (vide sri periya vaachAn piLLai

on kooDArai vellum: advEshamE pathAsaaha kkonDu mADugaLin pinnE

pOravanE, also Eedu vyAkhyAnam for urugumAl nenjam padigam -

Lord's pEr avA that can engulf - kabaLeekaram paNNavalla - azhvaar's

avA for Him), His love for us is overwhelmingly all-encompassing, in

that all he seeks from us is an open mind (absence of dvEsham) that

does not say no to His krupA .

In this context, the above shlokam is interpreted as:

 

tam buddhi yOgam prIti pUrvakam dadaami

 

He offers, with overflowing love and krupA, buddhi yogam to his

bhakthas.

 

Aazhvaar Emberumaanaar Jeeyar ThiruvaDigaLE sharaNam

 

Sridhar