DoShaparihArAShTakam - series -5

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DoShaparihArAShThakam continued…….

 

Verse – 5

 

doSham parasya nanu gRnhAti mayyanena

 

svAtmaiSha eva paragAvasamAhRtena

 

durvastunena malinIkriyate tadanya

 

doShagrhAdahaha kim na nivartitavyam

 

 

The author is highlighting a very brilliant idea in this verse, on

the quality of the thought in the mind.

 

What kind of thought is in our mind, when we are thinking of other

peoples' doSha? Good? Or bad thought? DoSha chinta. The quality of

the thought is dirty!!!

 

When the mind is constantly dwelling on doShas, the mind imbibes the

very same doShas too. This is the psychology.

 

A comparison is given here: Supposing the hand or any part of the

body comes into contact with a dirty object. What happens? Does it

remain clean or dirty?

 

Similarly, When I am constantly thinking /talking about the other

person's defect, I am constantly touching the other person's dirt,

with what? With my mind, like even I touch the dirt with my hands.

What happens to my mind? Like the hands, my mind becomes dirty.

 

Parasya doSham grNhAti mayi- when other's doShas are constantly

spoken by me

 

Mama manah malinI kriyate – my mind alone gets dirty

 

Comparison – paragAtra samanena durvastunena eva – it is like coming

into contact with the impurities of the other body.

 

With what am I contacting the dirt in another person's body? With my

own body!

 

Like even a contagious disease spreads, when I come into contact

with – not to mention the common cold – a sneeze is enough to be

passed on to me.

 

Similarly, if I talk about the doShas of the other person, the doShas

also spread in me alone.

 

Therefore, tadanya doSha grahAt –Shouldn't I avoid talking about

these impurities? Shouldn't I avoid getting myself dirtied,

sullied.polluted…?

 

To be continued……

 

Om namo Narayanaya

 

Lakshmi Muthuswamy