words , more words ! quibbling with words !

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THE word and the meaning are so inseparable that Kalidasa compares

them to Sakthi and Siva. "Vaak" or "word" is Sakthi and "Artha"

or "meaning" is Siva.

 

They are entwined in a passionate embrace - is how the

immortal poet presents the picture.

 

VAAGARTHAVIVA SAMPRAKTAU VAAGARTHA PRSTIPATTAYE

JAGATAH PITAHARAU VANDE PARVATI PARAMESHWARAU

 

KALIDASA SAYS JUST AS AS A WORD AND A MEANING ARE INSEPERABLE, THE

FATHER AND MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE=PARVATI AND PARAMESHWERA ARE ONE

and worshippable as one!

(raghuvamsha or kumarasambhava? cannot remember?

 

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adi Sankara, has some advice on thie use of 'words'

"Viveka Choodamani" (The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination)

 

Sloka 60:

 

"Vaagvaikharee, Sabdajharee, Saastra

vyakhyana kausalam <br>Vaidushyam,

Vidushaam, Tadvad-bhuktaye, Na tu mukataye."

 

"Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding

the scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a

little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for

liberation."

 

("Bhukti" also means the earning of one's bread. Erudition

helps in earning one's bread - "Loud speech speech is divided into

four kinds according to its degree of sublety. "Vaikhari" is the

lowest class1 and represents articulate speech. Hence, dabbling

in words is meant."

 

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Sloka 62:

 

"Sabba-jaalam Mahaaranyam, Chitta Bhramana Kaarakam,

Atah prayatnaa - gjnatavyam, Tattvagjnaa - ttattva maatmanaha."

 

"My dear seeker," warns Sankara, "words are hypnosis. Words are a

dense forest. Try entering them without adequate preparation

and you are sure to lose your way and sanity. If you are serious

about learning, do not get lost but seek the guidance of a teacher

who is 'aware'."

 

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Aum namaha shivaye!

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namaskaar adi ji,

you said--

 

adi Sankara, has some advice on thie use of 'words'

"Viveka Choodamani" (The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination)

 

Sloka 60:

 

"Vaagvaikharee, Sabdajharee, Saastra

vyakhyana kausalam <br>Vaidushyam,

Vidushaam, Tadvad-bhuktaye, Na tu mukataye."

 

"Loud speech consisting of a shower of words, the skill in expounding

the scriptures, and likewise erudition - these merely bring on a

little personal enjoyment to the scholar, but are no good for

liberation."

 

("Bhukti" also means the earning of one's bread. Erudition

helps in earning one's bread - "Loud speech speech is divided into

four kinds according to its degree of sublety. "Vaikhari" is the

lowest class1 and represents articulate speech. Hence, dabbling

in words is meant."

 

Sloka 62:

 

"Sabba-jaalam Mahaaranyam, Chitta Bhramana Kaarakam,

Atah prayatnaa - gjnatavyam, Tattvagjnaa - ttattva maatmanaha."

 

"My dear seeker," warns Sankara, "words are hypnosis. Words are a

dense forest. Try entering them without adequate preparation

and you are sure to lose your way and sanity. If you are serious

about learning, do not get lost but seek the guidance of a teacher

who is 'aware'."

Aum namaha shivaye!

 

namaskaar adi ji,

i whould like to quote two shlokas from kathopnishad in this support--

 

1-II-23. The Self cannot be attained by the study of the Vedas, not by

intelligence nor by much hearing. Only by him who seeks to know the Self can It

be attained. To him the Self reveals Its own nature.

1-II-24. None who has not refrained from bad conduct, whose senses are not

under restraint, whose mind is not collected or who does not preserve a tranquil

mind, can attain this Self through knowledge.

 

the self being attainable only by a pure heart, and the self revealed

only by the grace of the self.

 

Aum namaha shivaye

gautam. .