Guest guest Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 Preamble: The Goddess explains Her objective with the grace of the True Guru. Verse 5 Kena maargena bhoh Swaamin dehee brahmamayo bhavet / Kuru menugraham Deva namaami charanau tava // "Oh Lord! What is the way for the physical-bodied man to become the embodiment of Brahma, Oh Lord! I prostrate at your feet; grace me with that knowledge. Oh Lord! We don't know why this physical body has come to us and what it is like. The dualities such as pain and pleasure, cold and heat, the cyclic actions and series of births-- all these accrue on account of this body and so they may be collectively be named as the body itself. The being as soon as it enters the body, considers that he is the body. Consequently, he confronts several problems. Can't there be any way out for him to become Parabrahma (the Absolute)? Oh Lord! Ishwar! Is there no salvation for the being?" So poses the issue the Mother Goddess. "Oh Lord! I prostrate at your feet. Grace me with the knowledge of all these things quite compassionately," the Mother prays for. Here even the Goddess speaks as if She also has fallen prey to the illusion of the body. But it is not true. She only speaks like that with a view to elicit the plain answer from the Lord Ishwar. She intends that all of us should be blessed with that awakening for She is our Mother. The idea behind Her questioning is explicit in the following sloka. Thus Goddess Parvati concluded Her question. She demonstrated Her humbleness and yearning in the question and made Her aim clear. Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Messenger http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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