Bhaghavath Gita lectures by Sri Sathyadhyana Theertha, Chapter 4, Part 4

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ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPENDENCE OF JEEVA OR JEEVAS ARE SERVANTS OF VISHNU OR

SUBORDINATE TO VISHNU. (JEEVAPARATHANTHRA SAMARTHANA, JIVAGANAH

HARERANUCHARAHA)

 

BG 3---22 to 24:

 

I am not bound by karma still I do Karma. If I do not do Karma due to

negligence, all people will follow me. Therefore if I do not do Karma, all

the people in the world may become liable for residence in hell. And for

default of performance of Karma, the difference between varnas like brahma &

kshathra may disappear & varnas on karya take place for which I would be

responsible. In this way, it would be as if I have killed all the people.

 

Note: " Mamukshu ho karma sanyasa vidhanath " i.e. ordinary erson seeking

Mukthi may give up performance of Karma. This is the decision of

Sankaracharya. Sanyasees are said to be beyond the purview of Karma vidhi.

Still by the grace of god, advaithies are following the prescribed Karma

marga, over looking, the decision of their Guru Sankaracharya otherwise the

practice of vedhicdharma would have disappeared & varnasankarya would have

resulted.

 

It is clear from many sentences in BG that the sevitude of jeeva is only in

the stage of samsara, but it continues even in the stage of Mukthi. Krishna

says that even jnanees should take interest in special karmas like dhyana &

pravachana.

 

BG 6-3: Dhyana by aparoksha " jnanee enhances his happiness in Mukthi. From

the following sloka, it becomes clear (in the words of Krishna) that jnanees

take interest in pravachana karma also.

 

BG 4-34: Arjuna, you should learn the thatva from jnanees, by doing

request, full salutations to them, by making humble request, & doing their

service in different ways. Jnanees do not expect anything from others, they

may be sitting mute in yoga postre, would they talk to Arjuna a samsari?)

Krishna says that those jnanees talk that know the exact truth, definitely

teach the essential truth that should be understood by you. This means

truth that should be understood by you. (This means that jnanees do not

neglect essential pravachana karma.

 

BG 4-20: Even after you become a jnanee, you should continue to do even

ordinary karma for preserving the sanathana dharma. According to sastra,

once a person becomes an aproksha jnanee, he is assured of Mukthi. All

performances & efforts are to attain Mukthi. The highest purashartha. But

here, Krishna is saying that jnanee, should take interest in higher karmas

like dhyana & pravachana & if the jnanee is living among ordinary people, he

should do even ordinary karma to set an example to others. The intention is

to help the people according to their needs & ability.

 

BG 4-25: Jnanee should do even ordinary karma without expecting any return

to make ordinary people to take interest in performance of prescribed

duties. This is an order of paramathma.

 

BG 3-26: The jnanee who has fixed his mind in paramathma should perform all

prescribed karmas & induce others also to take interest in performing

prescribed karmas.

 

From these sentences, it is clear that jnanee has to follow the prescribed

Dharma of dhyana pravachana, teaching the tathva to Ajnanees etc... by these

acts of jnanee paramathma will be pleased & enhance his happiness in Mukthi.

Therefore, the servitute equally appeals to jnanee also & he is no way free

from it.

 

No chethana is free from serviture even in the stage of Mukthi this fact is

shown by the name of Krishna " Mukthanam paramagogthihi " the sentence like

" Brahmonihiprathishtana mamutha sya vyaya syacha confirems this view. The

sruthi " uthamrutha thva sye sanaha " & the Brahma suthra " Mukthi pasrupyathva

pypadhesath states that all chethanas in mukthi remain as subordinates of

paramathma.

 

Arjuna, when he became a jnanee after he had visvarupa dharshana saw every

chethanas as subordinate to paramathma.

 

BG 11-21: Hey dheva, all (muktha) group of dhevathas are entering you.

Some are praying you with folded hands (out of fear) collection of maharshes

& sidhas are saying svasthi " & praying you with many of your qualities.

 

In this way, after considering sentences that indicate directly the

sarvaththa mathva of Vishnu & other reasons

2. that indicate the servitude of chethanas & prescription of do's & dont's

for the chethanas.

3. sentences from Krishna that lay down perfomance of karma by jnanees also

4. Descrption of state of Mukthi & Brahma aparoksha jnana

5. Difficulties that arise if servitute of jeeva is not accepted one is

forced to conclude that in the opinion of Krishna that all the chethanas

from Ramaa, Brahma down words, at all times all remain as servants of

paramathma & never have independence in any respect at any time.

 

CHAPTER 5

 

ESTABLISHMENT OF VARIATIONS IN THE NATURE OF HUMAN BEINGS: ( NICHOCHEHA

BHAVANGATHAHA, THARATHAMYA SAMARTHANA:)

 

TO BE

CONTINUED.................................................................

 

Lectures on Bhaghavath Geetha (Dhwaitha Siddhantha Vaijayanthi) by H. H.

Sri Sathya Dhyana Thirtha Sri Padhangalavaru, Uttradhi Mutt

Translated into English by Sri Krishnamurthy

 

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