Bhaghavath Gita lectures by Sri Sathyadhyana Theertha, Chapter 5, Part 5

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

BHAVANGATHAHA, THARATHAMYA SAMARTHANA:)

 

It is said that when thamasic people do yajna without proper devotion to

Vishnu & offer worship to Brahma & Rudhra, the devatha of that name will not

accept such offers as the kartha has no proper devotion to Vishnu but only

the Rakshasas of that name will accept such offers. So, thamasic people

worship rashasas, even when they may not inted to do so, Sri Krishna

describes three types in yajnas.

 

BG 17---11-13: The yagna which is done with due devotion in paramathma, as

a duty without expecting any wordly returns or svarga is called a sathvika

yajna. The yajna that is performed with the object of pleasures in Svarga &

also to exhibit his greatness to the world by the Kartha is called a rajasa

yajna (by nithya samsaries).

 

The yajna that is performed without following the prescribed procedure,

without annadhana, without proper manthrapatana, without dhakshina & without

proper devotion in paramatma is called thamasa yajna.

 

BG 17---14/19: With firm devotion in paramathma, worship of dheva brahmana

puja according to karthas ability) cleaning the body with chnating of Hari

Namas, humility with good people, Brahmacharya Ahimsa, are called

sarirakathapas.

1. The talk that does not offend jnanees, that good people should feel that

they should hear again & again when they hear the talk & it should be happy

after lapse of time also, & vedhadhyana with the help of guru are called

vangmayathapas. Control over mind (mind not wondering about worldly things)

Sadhubhava (having a good & calm mind) meditating on problems discussed in

sastras, always thinking of paramathma with devotion, purity of mind

(without desiring worldly things). These are called mAnasika thapas, every

karma done by sathvikas should be done with devotion to Hari. In this

connection, sankaracharya also has given the meaning of the word yajna as

Vishnu.

 

Thapas done for obtaining appreciation & good treatment from others & to

show karthas greatness to others & one that losts for a short time but the

karthas resumes his worldly affairs of samsara is called rajasa thapas.

Thapas done with ignorance, hatred, causing difficulty of kartha himself &

with the intention of destroying the enemy is called the thamasic thapas.

 

DHANA OR GIFT

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Krishna describes three types of Dhana (gift)

 

BG 17---20-22: The gift that is given by a person with the feeling that it

is his duty to give gift to one without expecting any thing in return, in

the prescribed manner at prescribed time & place, to a deserving person, the

money which he has earned by right means, is called sathvikadhana (good

gift).

 

The gift by a person, expecting some thing in return from the donee, or

expecting heavenly pleasures, giving money collected by bad means is called

rajasadhana (bad gift).

 

The gift given by a person in unclean place at prohibited time, for an

undeserving person, without proper treatment to the donees, given is called

the thamasadhana (worst gift).

 

Krishna has described out standing difference in quality of Mukthi yogas &

the Thamasika people in a few slokas at the end of chapter 17.

 

BG 17-23----28: Parabrahma has three names om, thath & sath. By that

parabrahma at the time of creation, brahmins, vedhas & yajnas were created.

Therefore all karmas connected with yajnas of brahmavadins are done with the

world om to start with (karmas done in the prescribed way with knowledge of

bhaghavan represented by om repeating His name during the karma is sathvika

karmanustana). Satvika repeating the name " Thath " meaning that paramathma

knowledge through vedas be my protector, but without aspiring for any other

return do the work of Dhana & thapas. Only yajna dhana thapas done with due

devotion in paramathma & thinking that he is the prompter, & he is the one

that has to award result to our work, are satvika & conducive to enable the

author to attain Mukthi. All such action done without proper devotion in

God would be thamasic.

 

Om means that is God the supporter of the whole world. " Thath " means he is

full of good qualities. " Sath " means he has all good gunas & no drawbacks.

Creations of vedas means to make them knowable at the beginning of a kalpas

as they were in the previous kalpa. Here ater krishna is describing the

differences in procedure followed by Mukthi yogyas, nithya samsaries, &

thamo yogyas in connection with thyaga, sanyasa, jnana, karma, buddhi,

dhruthi, sukha (pleasure. In this context, sathvika means one who is fit

for Mukthi & Rajasika means one who is a nithya samsari & tthamasa means one

who has a nature connected with a surasvabhava which finally gets him in to

permanent hell.

 

BG 18-40

 

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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