Guest guest Posted August 27, 2009 Report Share Posted August 27, 2009 Njanappaana 55 Bhikshaannam nallorannavum undallo Bhakshicheeduka thanne paniyullu There is good food that is given as alms and the only effort left is to eat it. Literal meaning of this verse taken by itself may not make much sense. So let us go deeper into it. One thing we have to remember is that this type of thinking with complete detachment to the material world comes from a real realized soul. He does not mean to encourage laziness and does not recommend to live by exploiting the good will of others. Real sadhus are not attached to any material possessions and people consider giving alms to such deserving persons, a punyam. They never ask for anything and they do not get angry or sad when anybody ignores them denies their request. True sajjanaas are happy with what God gives through good people and spends most of their time in prayers and meditation. They do not go out of the way to collect food or process it. They just eat what they get and rest of the time is spent in naamasnakeerthanam and meditation. The word " nallorannam " here means that Bhikshannam is good. One does not do any ahimsa in obtaining it. At this stage, their first dharmam becomes ahimsa or nonviolence. They follow " ahimsa paramo dharma: " Alms are given voluntarily and there is no compulsion from anybody. Also these sajjanaas are not after the desire to collect and save even for the next day. Through the above lines Poonthaanam wants to tell us that we should be satisfied with what we get by leading a dharmic life. Greed is dangerous and pulls us down to deep sorrow and suffering. Contentment is the key to happiness. There is a quotation in English " Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have " . Ponnthanam advises us to start Naamasankeerthanam with out wasting any more of our precious allotted time and power of naamam will remove our negative qualities like greed, lust, jealousy etc. This will help us to live a contented life remembering Bhgavaan and his leelaas. Let us chant Bhgavaan's divine names along with Shri Poonthaanam and millions of devotees around the world: Krishna! Krishna! Mukunda! Janaardana! Krishna! Govinda! Naaraayana! Hare! Achyuthaananda! Govinda! Maadhava! Sachidaananda! Naaraayana! Hare! Samasthaaparaadham kshamaswa. Sreekrishnaarpanamasthu Regards and prayers Savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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