Guest guest Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Njanappaana 50 Arthamo purushaarthamirikkave Arthatthinnu kothikkunnathenthu naamMadhyaahnnaarkka prakaasamirikave khadyothattheyo maanichu kollendu When the wealth of purushaartham or mukthi or salvation is available, why desire for (material) wealth? When the bright light of the afternoon sun is available, who will respect the (insignificant) light of a firefly? In the first line, when we look carefully we can see that the word " artham " comes twice. First one with in the word " arthamo " , then " artham " within the word " purusha-artham " . The first " artham " can have two meanings, one is wealth and the other meaning is that which is to be earned, or requested or purpose. When we take the first meaning, the meaning of the line is " When the wealth of purushaartham or mukthi or salvation is available " . If we take the second meaning, we can say: " when the thing to be earned namely purshaartham is available " . Practically both means the same, but expressed differently. Here " purushartham " means moksham or salvation. Let us see how we can split the word purushaartham and see how the meaning of salvation comes. Purusha + Artha. " Purusha " means Pure Consciousness or Paramaathma Chaithanyam, " artha " means Purpose or meaning or that which is to be earned. So Purushaartha is the purpose of attaining Purusha or fulfillment of life. Even though the way to attain Purusha has three more previous steps namely Dharma, Artha and Kama, the final goal is Moksha. (liberation, through renunciation or detachment, after following Dharma, using Artha righteously and enjoying Kama righteously.) Mahathma Gandhi defines Purshaartha as " that which is pursued for the sake of the spirit or the immortal soul. Any human pursuit that deliberately excludes a reference, however remote, to the Purusha is considered not beneficial to human well being. " So Purushaartha is the ultimate goal to achieve and when that can be achieved just by chanting divine names of Bhagavaan, why go after material, transient wealth? In the second line the word " artham " comes again and here it means material wealth. Poet compares our going after material wealth to the stupid idea of depending on the light of a firefly when ample sunlight is available. Or is it wise to close doors during day time, bring darkness and then depend on the dim light of a firefly? Poet says we are shutting the doors to the bright Pramaathma with in us and then going after the small fireflies of material desires. Purushaartha can have one more meaning. Purusha can mean humans, and then Purushaartha can mean " the goals to be attained or aspired by humans " . Poet says that Naama sankeerthanam is the key to Moksham and that key is readily available for us. Once we open the Moksha dwaaram or door to salvation with that divine key, Bhagavaan leads us all the way to moksham. There are several doors to Moksham and in Poonthaanam's opinion, Naamasankeerthanam opens the door to Bhakthi Margam and then the journey itself becomes as enjoyable as the goal. Let us do Naamasankeerthanam with Shri Poonthaanam and millions of other devotees around the world: Krishna! Krishna! Mukunda! Janaardana! Krishna! Govinda! Naarayana! Hare! Achyuthaananda! Govinda! Maadhava! Sachindaananda! Naarayana! Hare! Samasthaaparaadham kshamaswa Sreekrishnaarpanamasthu Regards and prayers savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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