Verse 122 (Part I)

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Verse 122 (Part I)

 

Guru Geetaa mimaam Devi

shuddhatatvam mayoditam /

Gurum maam dhyaayatee premnaa

hrudi nityam vibhaavaya

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Shiva says to Paarvati that She should meditate upon

Him with devotion, treating Him as Guru and think over

the Guru Geeta, and the pure quality He revealed.

 

The pure quality of Guru is revealed in the Guru

Geeta; The initiation of it was given to Goddess

Paarvati. Not only that. As the book of initiation

Guru Geeta is considered to be of feminine gender;

it suggests that the whole book itself denotes the

form of the goddess (Devi Swarupam). The subject

discussed here is Shiva Tattva (quality of Shiva,

i.e., the quality of the Primordial Male). This book

which discusses that, is the form of the goddess

meaning thereby 'the replica of Nature.' That is the

very significance of the book.

 

It has another significance, too. Though Lord Shiva

had taught this to Goddess Paarvati, it was, in fact,

an initiation to the saints and sages gathered round

them. It means that this is an inititation given to

all the bounden beings like us. So Lord Shiva Himself

is the Guru for all.

 

How wonderful! Lord Shiva is our Guru and we are His

disciples. You might be thinking it strange. Yes, it

is strange. In the study of this self-knowledge, the

relation between Guru and His disciple is very

strange.

 

Take, for instance, the teachers and the taught in any

branch of studies. As the teacher goes on teaching

lessons, the taught will gradually understand them.

Though the taught learn all that the teacher knows,

the teacher is great and special because through him

the taught have got it. So even after the completion

of the course, the teacher remains a teacher and the

other, the taught.

 

 

 

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