subhashithani-quotable quotes

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36.janmamrthyujaraavyaDhi

vedhanaabhiH upadhrutham

 

Samsaaram imam uthpannam asaaram

thyajathaH sukham

 

The

real happiness consists in giving up this samsara which is infested with birth,

death, old age and disease and hence not conducive to happiness.

Samsaare

kim saaram? Where is the enjoyment in samsara? When a man is born,Janma, he has to undergo suffering in

the womb of the mother and the pangs of birth. After birth the dependence on

others who may or may not be capable of looking after him. When in youth he had

to discharge his duties and serve others if he is honest and sincere or be fun-loving

and enjoys sensual pleasures only to pay a heavy price in old age. The life in

old age, jaraa, is another story altogether.

This is described by Sankara in Bajagovinda as

 

Yaavath vitthopaarjanasakthaH

 

thaavath nija parivaaro rakthaH

 

paSchaath jeevathi jarjara dhehe

 

vaarthaam kopi na prcChathi gehe

 

As

long as a man is the provider everyone in the family surround him. But the moment

he becomes old with shattered limbs no one in the house even care to enquire

after his welfare.

 

If

this is not the case at least in old age one is the victim of disease, vyaaDhi. Finally the death, mrthyu, takes over.these are the

vedhanaas, experiences that affects samsara. Hence it is asaaram, without enjoyment.

 

Then

where can one find the real happiness? thyajathaH

sukham, It is only for the one who

gives it up. To get rid of the samsara one has to turn towards spirituality.

 

This

world is full of grief, says sankara,

 

vidDhi vyaDhyabhimaanagrastham

 

lokam Sokahatham cha samastham

 

vyaadDhi, disease is the affliction of the body. Attachment,

abhimaana, is the affliction of the

mind. It is more grievous that the disease because the former may occur or may

not and even if it occurs may go away,. But attachment which is the cause of

all grief in the samsara does not go except by detachment and discrimination, vairiagya and viveka. For this spiritual knowledge is necessary.

 

Viveka

is the discrimination between which is real and which is not. The joy experienced

by anything in this world is followed by sorrow because of attachment, that is

, clinging desire. This produces sorrow when the thing enjoyed is taken away as

it should be since everything is temporary. When the discrimination dawns about

the fleeting nature of the joys of the world it o produces detachment, vairagya. Then one gives up the

attachment to the worldly things and turns towards the Supreme reality which

alone can give supreme bliss.