DoShaparihArAShTakam - series - 6

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DoShaparihArAShTakam continued…

 

Verse – 6

 

nirdoShabhAvamitarasya sadoShabhAvam

svasyApi samvidadhatI paradoShadhIrme

AsthAmiyam taditarA tu parartimAtra

heturvyanaktu na katham mama tucchabhAvam

 

No one likes to listen to his or her own defects. Some times, rarely,

people may say, `please do point out my mistakes', but this stays

just as an expression. Like even in a wedding invitation – please

make it convenient to attend with all your friends and relatives,

kith and kin, bandhu, putra, mitra etc etc… No one lands up at the

wedding hall with a jing bang lot….They are mere words of courtesy.

 

We can apply this to human psychology too. No on says with

seriousness `please point out my defects', even if they say so, it is

very difficult to accept. It is not welcome. In very rare cases, if

some one asks to point out his or her defects, they should not be

pointed out directly and openly, but only indirectly according to

situations, preferably in person. Because it hurts the person to know

his defect in himself/herself and cannot own it up. The author says

that, this is a fundamental problem.

 

The beauty of the author here is that the theme is not to point out

the doSha in others. But if he addresses You, then it amounts to

pointing out YOUR doSha. Without saying YOU, he is talking about

himself, pointing the defects at himself.. Oh Lord! There is dirt in

MY mind, and I have a dirty character. para doShadhIh

Because of this, what am I doing constantly? Svasya nirdoSha bhAva

 

For example, if there is failure in a given situation, normally we

take stock of all the mistakes and errors committed that has resulted

in the failure. Whenever we enquire, we tend to point out fingers at

other people and blame them.

 

But I don't even spend half a second contemplating on my contribution

towards this failure. In any situation, any event, any incident or

any Government the blame is always on X Y Z.

 

Itarasya svadoSha bhAvam - seeing/blaming the doShA on others

 

Svasya nirdoSha bhavam - that there is no doSha in me

 

Para doSha dhIh me -I am made of such a defective character

 

AstAm -let it be.

 

Through this analysis what am I revealing to this world? That when

ever I point out the doShas in the others, it is to prove that " I

have no defects at all". " I am a perfect person". Holier than thou

attitude. The thinking is that the status is raised.

 

Here the author says whenever we discuss the defects in others, we

are only lowering our status and morale, not raising the status.

 

What does this fault - finding reveal? Mama tuccha bhavam vyanakttu.

It only reveals my tucchatvam low thinking and my inferior attitude.

 

To be continued……..

 

Om namo narayanaya

Lakshmi Muthuswamy