Verse 46 (Part 1 of 2)

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Verse 46 (Part 1 of 2)

 

Akhamdam paramaartham

sadaikyam cha tvam tatoh shubham /

Asina darshitam yena

tasmai Shri Gurave namah //

 

Obeisance to Sadguru who enables me to see through the

term ASI (thou art) which reveals the ultimate goal by

explaining TVAM (you) and TAT (that) which are not

separate but stand for the indivisible quality of

the Absolute.

 

In the aforesaid lines what do we understand? TAT is

the Infinite; TVAM is the finite entity; and the

merger of these two is a great thing. The secret of

all Shastras lies in this. To make your

understanding easy, Swamiji gives an example here.

 

One man is called Venkaiah and the other is called

Subaiah. There is difference in these names. But

both are men. One is from Vijayawada and the other

from Mysore. The places are different. But both of

them are from this earth. That man's voice is feeble

and this man's voice is loud. But both of them speak

with the aid of tongue. That man is a vegetarian and

the other is not. But both offer food to their belly.

 

As we go on seeing these things in this way, though

there is apparently some difference between these two,

don't we understand when we see broadly that both of

them are humans, inhabiting the same planet, eating

the same way, talking and living as other human

beings.

 

>From that angle, it is clear that there is no

differennce between them.

 

>From societal point of view, the difference is that

one is Venkaiah and the other, Subaiah. But this

small difference loses itself in the greater entity,

when viewed them as mere humans.

 

The aforesaid TAT and TVAM could also be taken in the

same way. Their merger that way is "ASI'.

 

 

 

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