[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] GITA Mahatmyam - 1

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HARE KRISHNA.

It is a good beginning Vinod and the Gita dhyanam and Mahatmyam are well

portrayed.I just want to muse over some thoughts though not directly related to

the subject.

Innumerable are the sciences that have come into being in the march of time.New

branches of them are taking shape day after day.Mans knowledge in the sciences

are rapidly increasing.But in the midst of this growing knowledge man is

becoming vividly aware of another fact.The more he probes into the mystery of

Nature,the more he is able to realise that the unexplored aspects of it happen

to be numberless.What is already known is infinitesimal and what is yet to be

known is evidently infinite.Taking this limitation human intellect there arises

a question What is it,knowing which man need make no more search for

knowledge?What is it,knowing which ,the secrets of Nature do all become

revealed?.Bold and indomitable enquiries were made.The doors of Nature were

persistently knocked at.Relentless searches were made within and without.The

superhuman effort did not go in vain.The sages of the yore had met with enormous

success in their profound enquiry.They came face to face with Truth.They

initiated the Basis of the elusive and fleeting phenomenol world.The Substratum

having been contacted all mysteries got themselves revealed and explained.This

knowledge of the Substratum is known as Brahma Vidya.Theologians have their own

terminologies applied to IT,Sivajnanam,Atmabodham,Paravidya,the Kingdom of

Heaven,Nirvikalpa Samathy,Nirvana,Allah--these are some of the appellations

applied to IT.The metaphysicians call It the Being in contrast with Nature,which

becoz of its constant state of flux is called the Becoming.The purpose of the

GITA is to impart the Brahma Vidya above everything else.

Arjuna merely wanted to know whether he was to fight or beat a retreat.Instead

of deciding the immediate issue,why did Sri Krishna digress into a dissertation

on that profound subject? Yes,there was a supreme purpose behind it.Offering

immediate solutions to immediate problems is one kind of enlightenment.But when

ignorance is rooted out all get solved once for all.With the dawn of Brahma

Vidya the mist of nescience vanishes.Sri Krishna chose to impart this Supreme

Knowledge.Among the gifts bestowed on human beings,Brahma Vidya reigns

supreme.When the recipient becomes worthy and competent Enlightenment inevitably

comes from the Supreme.

 

The first and formost of His mandates to Arjuna was - Ksudram hrydaya daurbalyam

tyaktvottistha paramtapa-- " Rise,O hero,casting off your petty

faint-heartedness " . More significant than this mandate was Madhusudhana's

remaining firm as a rock under many a catastrophic circumstance.His action

proved more effective than his words.He exhorted Arjuna to heroic action and he

was himself an embodiment of superhuman achievements.Parthasarathy that He

was,He put it to His disciple to pour forth love in abundance to all.And for His

part He was Love incarnate.

There are sufficient grounds to grant universalism to the Bhagavat Gita.In

unmistakeable terms it upholds perfection as the goal of life.Self perfection is

the acme of human aspirations.Sooner or later all have to pay homage to it and

attain it.The Gita is a Clarion Call to this goal.To sublimate emotion to the

highest pitch is the summum bonum of life.

 

Yogindranam tvadangeshvadhika sumadhuram muktibhajam nivaso

Bhaktanam kamavarshadyutarukisalayam naatha te paadamulam

Nityam cittasthitam me pavanapurapate Krisna kaarunyasindho

Hrtva nisseshatapan pratisatu paramanandasandohalakshmim

 

( O Lord! Thy feet are the most charming of all Thy limbs to the great Yogins.

Thy form the(final) abode for emancipated ones.For the devotees they are like

the celestial tree which showers on them their desired objects.O Krishna! O Lord

of Guruvayur! O Ocean of Mercy! May those feet of Thine ever rest in my

heart,destroy all my sufferings and bestow on me the treasure of supreme Bliss!)

Thus ends Battathiri in his magnum opus Narayaneeyam.

May the ever Merciful Lord of Guruvayur bestow His benign Blessings on all.

 

Hare Krishna.

 

agraman

 

 

" PS, Vinod K (GE Energy) " <vinod.ps wrote:

!! Sri Rama Jayam !!

 

GITA Mahatmyam

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1) Krishna as Jagadguru -

 

" Shravanam kirtanam vishno smaranam paada sevanam

archanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma nivedanam "

 

In Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Sri Prahlada, a great spiritual authority, says,

" Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities,

paraphernalia, and pastimes of Lord Vishnu [Krishna/Narayana/Rama..],

remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord

respectful worship . . . , offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant,

considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in

other words, serving Him with the body, mind, and words)-these nine processes

(or nine topmost Yogas) are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has

dedicated his/her life to the service of Krishna through these nine methods

should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete

knowledge. "

GITA, in a nutshell, reveals this subtle philosophy of Krishna science that the

supreme Lord sings to the mankind.

Trying to put the shlokas & their meaning of Gita Mahatmya, which will unfold

the very basic question of the need to read, hear & understand Gita.

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" Gita shastram idam punyam yah pateth prayatah puman vishnoh padam avapnoti

bhaya-shokadi varjitah " (Gita-mahatmya 1)

(1) - He who studies this Gita scripture with humility is freed from fear and

misery and attains the feet of Lord Vishnu.

" Gita adhyaana-shilasya pranayama-paraasya cha naiva santi he paapani purva

janme kritani cha " (Gita-mahatmya 2)

(2) - That person who is in the habit of reading the Gita and who is also

devoted to practising pranayama (breathing exercises) is not touched by sins,

even those done in the previous birth.

" Mala nirmochanam pumsam jala snanam dine dine sakrid gitambhaasi snanam samsara

mala nashanam " (Gita-mahatmya 3)

(3) - Human beings must bath in water every day to get rid of the dirt (of the

body), but bathing in the water of the Gita once is enough to get rid of the

dirt of this samsara (cycle of birth and death).

" Gita sugita kartavya kim anyaih shastra vistaraih ya svyam padama nabhaayasa

mukha padmad vinih srita " (Gita-mahatmya 4)

(4) - This Gita which has come out of the lotus-like face of the Lord (He who

has the lotus in His navel) and which is so melodious, should be studied. There

is no need to study any other scriptures in detail.

" Bharat amrita sarvasam vishnor vaktrad vini sritam gita gangodakam pitva punar

janma na vidyate " (Gita-mahatmya 5)

(5) - After drinking the water of the Gita which is the nectar of the entire

Bharata (the epic Mahabharata) and which has come out of the mouth of Vishnu,

there is no more birth (in this world).

" Sarvopanishado gavo dogdha gopala nandanah partho vatsah sudhir bhokta dugdham

gita amritam mahat " (Gita-mahatmya 6)

(6) - All the Upanishads are the cows, the one who milks the cows is Krishna,

Arjuna (Partha) is the calf. Men of purified intellect are the enjoyers; the

milk is the great nectar of the Gita. The only scripture is the song of the son

of Devaki. The only deity is the son of Devaki. The only mantra is His Names.

The only action is the service of That Deity.

" Ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam eko devo devaki-putra eva eko mantras tasya

namani yani karmapy ekam tasya devasya seva " (Gita-mahatmya 7)

(7) ekam sastram devaki-putra-gitam: let there be one scripture only,one common

scripture, for the whole world-Bhagavad-gita.

And Eko devo devaki-putra eva: let there be one God only for the whole world -

Sri Krishna.

Eko mantras tasya namani: And one hymn, one mantra, one prayer only-the chanting

of His name:

[Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. ]

Karmapy ekam tasya devasya seva: And let there be one work only-the service of

the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Lord Shiva in Gita Mahatmya, states that " Only one God - Krishna, the son of

Devaki " (Verse 7).

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(....To be continued .....)

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Sarvatra Govinda naama Sankirtanam !! .............Govinda

!!................Govinda !!

Hare Krishna ...

Hare Rama ......

Sri Krishnarpanamastu ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Om Namo Narayanaya: