Guest guest Posted February 3, 2003 Report Share Posted February 3, 2003 Jaya Sri Radhey! May Lord provide strength and consolation to all grieving souls affected by this unfortunate event. Whenever a tragedy happens, we should remember and ponder more on the great teachings of Saints, Bhagavadgita and Bhagavatam. "nalinI dala gata jalam ati taralaM tadvajjIvitam atizaya capalam, viddhi vyAdhyabhimAna grastaM lokaM zokahataM ca samastam bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM govindaM bhaja mUDhamate" A dewdrop trembling from a lotus petal So uncertain is the life...not known for how long! The entire world that you see around,know, Is full of dole, disease, and conceit. (4) Seek the Lord, Seek, Seek, Seek the Lord, Seek alone the Lord...O mud-headed fool! The water-drop playing on a lotus petal has an EXTREMELY UNCERTAIN existence; so also is LIFE ever UNSTABLE! Understand, the VERY WORLD is consumed by disease(death) and conceit, and is riddled with pangs. Seek Lord Govind, Seek Govind, Seek Govind, O Fool! Life is uncertain in itself, and even during its uncertain existence it is consumed by disease and conceit, persecuted by a hundred different voiceless pangs! Since life is SO UNCERTAIN, and the world is in a sense NOTHING but SORROW, the general import of the verse is that there is NO TIME for anyone TO WASTE. Death rarely announces his visit. Therefore, strive from RIGHT NOW. 'Now' and 'HERE' seems to be the URGENCY behind the verse. We are reminded here of Lord Buddha's CRY on the same theme, with a SIMILAR sense of urgency: 'ALL is MISERY, misery; ALL is MOMENTARY, momentary.' 'sarvaM duHkhaM duHkhaM sarvaM kSaNikaM kSaNikam' Lord Kishna also reminds us in Gita 8.15: '...duHkhAlayaM azAzvataM..' and 13.8: '..janma mRtyu jarA vyAdhi duHkha doSAnu darzanam' Here is more from Sri Shankara's Bhaja Govindam: 'kA te kAntA kaste putraH saMsAro 'yam atIva vicitraH kasya tvaM kaH kuta AyAtaH tattvaM cintaya tadiha bhrAtaH (8) bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM govindaM bhaja mUDhamate' Who is your wife (husband)? Who is your son (daughter)? Supremely WONDERFUL indeed is this (samsara) entanglement! Of WHOM are you? >From where have you come? O brother (sister), think of that TRUTH here! Seek Lord Govinda, Seek Govind, Seek Beloved Govinda, O Fool! 'kastvaM ko 'haM kuta AyAtaH kA me jananI ko me tAtaH iti paribhAvaya sarvam asAraM vizvaM tyaktvA svapna vicAram (23) bhaja govindaM bhaja govindaM govindaM bhaja mUDhamate' Who are you? Who am I? >From where did I come? Who is my mother? Who is my father? Thus ENQUIRE, leaving aside the ENTIRE world-of-experience (vishvam), essenceless and MERE dreamland born of imagination (svapna vicaaram). Seek Lord Govinda, Seek Govinda, Seek Beloved Govinda, O Fool! Poetic version: Who is your wife and who is your son?? This world-of-changes, know, is a wonder of wonders Of whom are you?...whence have you come? Brother, think of the TRUTH...here and now!! (8) Who are you?...Who am I?...Whence are we? Who is my mother?...Who the father? ENQUIRE thus WITHIN,CASTING OFF THE NONESSENTIAL... The world entire...the phantasy of MERE DREAM! (23) Seek the Lord, Seek, Seek, Seek the Lord, Seek alone the Lord...O mud-headed fool! 'viSayAndhyAyatazcittaM viSayeshu viSajjate mAmanusmarazcittaM mayyeva pravalIyate" (Bhagavatam 11.14.27) Lord Krishna declares to His friend Uddhava- "THE MIND OF A MAN WHO THINKS OF MATERIAL OBJECTS AND WORLDLY SUBJECTS IS ATTACHED TO THEM BUT THE MIND OF ONE WHO REMEMBERS ME IS MERGED IN ME ALONE." "tasmAdasadabhidhyAnaM yathA svapna manorathAM, hitvA mayi samAdhatsva mano madbhAva bhAvitam" (Bhagavatam 11.14.28) "THEREFORE, GIVING UP DWELLING ON UNREAL THINGS AND NOT ATTACHING YOUR MIND TO WORLDLY DESIRES AND "PERSONS", WHICH ARE NO BETTER THAN DREAMS OR FANCIES, (svapna manoratham) CONCENTRATE YOUR HEART AND MIND ON ME, ATTACHING IN LOVE AND DEVOTION TO ME." Jaya Sri Radhey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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