shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_03-22

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VYAPTHI SANDHI

  tapta lOhavu nOLpa janarige

saptajivhana teradi tORpudu

luptapAvaka lOhakAMbudu puRvadOpAdi

saptavAhana nikhiLajanaroLu

vyAptanAdudariMda saRvaru

AptarAgiharella kAladi hitava kaikoMDu……… HKAS_03-22

 

tapta lOhavu = the iron which is heated in fire

nOLpa janarige = to those who see

saptajivhana teradi = like seven tongues of fire

tORpudu = looks like that

luptapAvaka = when the iron gets cooled

puRvadOpAdi = in the way it was before it (iron) was heated

lOhakAMbudu = the iron would appears the same way

saptavAhana = ParamAtma, who rides on seven horses and is sURyAMtaRgata

svami

nikhiLajanaroLu = in the sthUla dEha of all chEtana-s

vyAptanAdudariMda = since He pervades (just like the heat in the iron)

ella kAladi = until He pervades

saRvaru = all relatives and friends (all tatvAbhimAni dEvata-s)

hitava kaikoMDu = wishing contentment

AptarAgiharu = call themselves trusted friend

JagannAtha dAsa explains as to how ParamAtma provides the energy to all

chEtana-s and jaDa-s by pervading in them.

 

When an iron ball is heated in fire (agni) it becomes so red that it appears like fire itself because it has absorbed the guNa-s of the fire. The same iron when cooled would lose its heat and cool down.

 

‘agni’ has seven tongues as stated under in shR^iti:-

“asyadvayaM sutA, saptajivhA samanvitaM daxiNAsyE chatuRjivhAtisrOvai

nAmavaktrakE”, meaning – agni dEva has two faces, the right face has

four tongues and the left face has three tongues,  thus having seven

tongues and their names are understood to be KAlI, KapAlI, manOjavA,

sulOhitA, sudhrUmavaRNa spuliMginI and vishvaruchI.

 

A kIRtana written by JagannAtha dAsa goes as “parisara nInire hari tAnirupanu iradire taniranu” underlining the understanding that as long as ParamAtma pervades in our sthUla dEha, shrI mukhyaprANa and all tatvAbhimani dEvata-s sprint aound the dEha to carry out various activities. Because ParamAtma pervades in the sAdhana sharIra father, mother, husband, wife, children, relatives and friends are our trusted persons. When ParamAtma leaves the sharIra, it becomes devoid of chEtana and becomes lifeless or inactive. The example of the hot-cold iron ball comes into picture.

 

ParamAtma is also known as “saptavAhana” in ViShNusahasra nAma stotra  -

shloka-89

“sahasrARchiH sapta-jihvaH saptaidAH sapta-vAhanaha”

 

saptavAhana - " One Who has as His vehicle the Sun whose chariot has seven horses (of the sun) " .

a) He Who has seven vehicles in the form of the seven vedic mantra-s represented by the seven horses of the Sun.

b) He Who supports the Universe in the form of the seven Sun-s.

c) He Who supports the three worlds through the seven vAyu-maNDala-s or regions of air.

d) He Who protects the beings through facilities that has provided in units of seven ? seven types of fluids in our system, seven holes in our face as sense organs, the seven objects of these sense-organs, etc.

e) He Who conducts the seven worlds with prosperity.

Refer http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr2003/0095.html for more explanation.

 

The presence of ParamAtma in our sharIra gets us trusted friends / persons, our acceptance, glitter. ParamAtma our sharIra is like the ‘agni’ in the iron ball. As long as the ‘agni’ remains in the iron ball, it glows like fire, has capacity to burn and provides heat, in the same way as long a ParamAtma pervades in our body, all the activities of the sharIra come alive. But as soon as the iron ball cools down due to the absence of ‘agni’ loses its capacity to glow and burn, in the same way as long as ParamAtma pervades in our sharIra everyone remains our well wisher and bosom friends etc.

 

 

shrI kR^iShNArpanamastu