Verse 6 Part 2

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Here Parvati questions as if indeed, She doesn't know

it. Why?

 

Because at that time, She and Shiva were surrounded by

several great saints. They were all men of great

penance, but hadn't experienced the sublime nature of

Guru. Hence, she intended to bless them with it. Had

She told Shiva that She was asking for the sake of

those sages, He might not have answered Her so

quickly. Hence, the Mother requested Him to teach

Her.

 

Shiva knows all this. And so He says, "Parvati! You

are My very Image. You dwell in My heart. The

knowledge I have, is also Yours. Yet You question Me

for the benefit of the whole universe. Isn't it?"

 

Parvati's question not only benefited those saints but

is continuing to benefit Sadhakas or practicants like

us. But here another question might arise.

 

Does it mean that all those saints are not in the

heart of Shiva?

 

Shiva knows that all of them are in His heart. But

only they don't know it. He has to teach them till

they know it.

 

Some devotees say that their Guru is in their hearts

and they in his. Some others affirm that they have

totally surrendered to their Guru; but on the

other hand, pray to their Guru for solution to their

troubles. This is so because all their words slip only

through their lips but not from within the depths of

their hearts.

 

A bit of meditation and a dreg of chanting can't be

taken for self-surrender, you have to offer everything

that is yours including your thoughts and desires,

cares and anxieties.

 

Some are too idle or lazy to go and serve their Guru.

In order to evade the services to their Guru, simply

they deceive themselves saying that Swamiji is in

their hearts. If really Swamiji is in your hearts,

you don't get the desire to desire for. So you can't

even say that Swamiji is in your heart.

 

You can't justify your laziness. You have the

physical body. Your Guru also wears body. So you

must needs serve Him directly. This course has to be

followed until you attain the knowledge of non-duality

between yourself and your Guru.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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