Verse 36

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Verse 36

 

Aasanam shayanam vastram

Vaahanam Bhooshanadikam /

Saadhakena pradaatavyam

Guroh Samtosha Kaaranam //

 

Seats, cots, clothes, vehicles, ornaments are some of

the things which should be offered to Guru for they

are the means to please Him.

 

In the preceding lines Swamiji has dwelt on the

offerings to Guru. But is it so easy for those who are

entangled in the enticements of actions? No,

certainly not. Then what to do? This is a question.

 

There is another question too. Are you pure or

impure? You are struggling in the shackles of actions

and so you can't call yourself a purified moving

spirit; so if you offer yourself along with the

troublesome actions, does it mean that He should

accept you along with your sinful actions and suffer

Himself? It means that for the simple reasoning of

your offering yourself, He has to suffer in

experiencing them and undergo the ordeal of reducing

the weight of your actions? Will it not be a fact

that all the essence of His virtues get tainted

on account of His allowing you to merge in Him?

Should you do then such an offering which leads Him to

such a dangerous consequence? Even if you do, will He

accept it? Lord Shiva gives a solution to both these

questions.

 

First you should purify yourself and reduce the weight

of your actions gradually. Begin to offer your Guru

small things. On account of this the bondages of your

actions will gradually be severed. To that extent

the process of your purification picks up. Increase

these offerings gradually. Repeat the direct

adoration and worship to Guru. In the course of that

one day you will attain a mature and purified state

when you can do total offering. It means that you

will attain to the level of sacrificing yourself.

Your getting to that state and His acceptance of your

offering take place simultaneously.

 

As the purification increases in you, your offerings

will give Him redoubled joy. But never will He be

delighted by the monetary value of your offerings.

 

 

 

 

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