Guest guest Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Namaste. punashca bhUyAd bhagavaty-anante ratiH prasangashca tad-Ashrayeshhu / mahatsu yAm yAm upayAmi sRshhTim maitry-astu sarvatra namo dvijebhyaH // This is shloka I – 19 – 16 from Shrimad Bhagavatam. King Parikshit (Grandson of Arjuna, and the only survivor of the royal family of Kurus and Pandavas at the end of the Mahabharata), having been cursed for a momentary indiscretion, renounces everything of his, retires to the banks of the Ganga, and before an assembly of great sages who had already gathered there in anticipation of a momentous spiritual recital which they knew was surely in the offing, prays to them to tell him what is best to be done in the remaining seven days of his life. And one of those prayers of his is the above shloka. As I was reading the Bhagavatam today I thought I should share this shloka with you all. Here is the meaning: namaH : Prostrations to dvijebhyaH : the noble souls. yAm yAm : Whatever sRshhTim : creation (birth, appearance, embodiment) upayAmi : I am going to have punashca : again and again bhUyAt : may I have ratiH : attachment, affection, love anante bhagavati : to the Infinite Godhead prasangashca : and also, association with tad-Ashrayeshhu : the devotees of God astu : (and) let there be maitrI : friendship, feeling of harmony sarvatra : with all life everywhere . In short, these are the three ultimate things that we should always pray God to bestow on us: Love of God, Noble associations, and friendly feeling to every living being. For people of my age, who look forward to their next birth, I think this is the best prayer. PraNAms to all advaitins. profvk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 Dear Professor VK, Thank you for sharing that beautiful prayer. If we have these three, "Love of God, Noble associations, and friendly feeling to every living being," we have all the treasures we need on this journey. May we all have such riches as our companions and may we share these with all. Love to all Harsha V. Krishnamurthy wrote: > Namaste. > > punashca bhUyAd bhagavaty-anante ratiH prasangashca tad-Ashrayeshhu / > mahatsu yAm yAm upayAmi sRshhTim maitry-astu sarvatra namo > dvijebhyaH // > > This is shloka I – 19 – 16 from Shrimad Bhagavatam. King Parikshit > (Grandson of Arjuna, and the only survivor of the royal family of > Kurus and Pandavas at the end of the Mahabharata), having been cursed > for a momentary indiscretion, renounces everything of his, retires to > the banks of the Ganga, and before an assembly of great sages who had > already gathered there in anticipation of a momentous spiritual > recital which they knew was surely in the offing, prays to them to > tell him what is best to be done in the remaining seven days of his > life. And one of those prayers of his is the above shloka. As I was > reading the Bhagavatam today I thought I should share this shloka > with you all. Here is the meaning: > > namaH : Prostrations to > dvijebhyaH : the noble souls. > yAm yAm : Whatever > sRshhTim : creation (birth, appearance, embodiment) > upayAmi : I am going to have > punashca : again and again > bhUyAt : may I have > ratiH : attachment, affection, love > anante bhagavati : to the Infinite Godhead > prasangashca : and also, association with > tad-Ashrayeshhu : the devotees of God > astu : (and) let there be > maitrI : friendship, feeling of harmony > sarvatra : with all life everywhere . > > In short, these are the three ultimate things that we should always > pray God to bestow on us: Love of God, Noble associations, and > friendly feeling to every living being. > > For people of my age, who look forward to their next birth, I think > this is the best prayer. > > PraNAms to all advaitins. > profvk > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 advaitin, Harsha wrote: > > Dear Professor VK, > > Thank you for sharing that beautiful prayer. If we have these three, > "Love of God, Noble associations, and friendly feeling to every living > being," we have all the treasures we need on this journey. > > May we all have such riches as our companions and may we share these > with all. > > Love to all > Harsha > > V. Krishnamurthy wrote: > > Namaste. > > > > punashca bhUyAd bhagavaty-anante ratiH prasangashca tad- Ashrayeshhu / > > mahatsu yAm yAm upayAmi sRshhTim maitry-astu sarvatra namo > > dvijebhyaH // ShrIgurubhyo namaH Namaste, The three mentioned above, in my view, correspond to these three that an early verse of the Vivekachudamani talks about: 1. Love of God: Mumukshutvam 2. Noble associations: MahA-puruSha-samshrayaH 3. Feeling friendly with all beings: ManuShyatvam. These three are indeed the treasures obtained through the Grace of the Lord - daiva-anugraha-hetukam. And they are very rare indeed: durlabham. When these are present adequately in a person, the need for a next birth could be obviated; liberation is a very certain possibility. How beautifully the Bhagavatam has put in the language of Bhakti what the Vedanta says in another language !! Pranams to all, subbu Om Tat Sat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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