shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_04-01

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BHOJANA RASA VIBHAGA SANDHI

 

  harikathAmr^itasAra gurugaLa

karuNadiMdApanitu pELuve

parama bhagavadbhaktaridanAdaradi kELuvudu

 

vanajajAMDadoLuLLakhiLa chE

tanaru bhuMjipa chaturavidha bhO

janapadARthadi chatura vidha rasarUpa tAnAgi

manake baMdudanuMDuNisi saM

hananakupachaya karaNakAnaM

danimiSharigAtmapradaRshana sukhavanIva hari……..HKAS_04-01

 

vanajajAMDadoLuLLa = in this bramAMDa (vanaja = the 14 petal Lotus flower shooting out from the navel of PadmanAbha rUpi ParamAtma,

vanajaja = Brahma, born in that Lotus flower, vanajajAMDa = BrahmAMDa)

akhiLachEtanaru = all chEtana-s

bhuMjipa = whatever they eat

chaturavidha = are four types: khAdya (solid edible foods), pEya (drinks / juices), bhOShya (semi solid foods like kheer, shRikhaMDa) and lEhya (jams / pickles / ‘gojju’)

bhOjanapadARthadi = those items worth eating (except prohibited items)

chaturavidha = four types

rasarUpatAnAgi = taking rUpa-s in those names

manake baMdudanu = whatever He feels that the jIva in the dEha must consume

uMDu = accepts those rasa-s in those foods

uNisi = giving satisfaction to the jIva

saMhananake = sthUla sharIra (which is destructible)

upachaya = giving nutrition to the dEha by those rasa-s (upachaya=growth to the body)

AnaMda = happiness

karaNake = to manas and all iMdriya-s

animiSharige = to the tatvAbhimAni dEvata-s

AtmapradaRshana = His svarUpa daRshana

sukhavanu = happiness

Iva hari = biMba rUpi gives

 

JagannAtha dAsa explains in this stanza about the types of food all the

chEtana-s consume and the rasa-s (tastes) connected to those foods.

 

PadmanAbha rUpi ParamAtma while lying on the xIrasAgar created an

unusual golden colored Lotus flower with 14 petals indicating the entire

Universe of 14 lOka-s (bhUlOka, bhuvaralOka, swargalOka, mahaRlOka,

janolOka, tapolOka, satyalOka, ataLa, vitaLa, sutaLa, talataLa,

rasAtaLa, mahAtaLa and pAtAlA). Brahma was born in that Lotus flower.

Since he is born in a golden Lotus flower, he is also called

“hiraNyagaRbha”. The sharIra of Brahma is called BrahmAMDa. All those

who exist in this BrahmAMDa i.e. all jIva-s (jaMgama as well as sthAvara

jIva-s) definitely need food for existence otherwise they will not grow.

This is known as “upachaya”.

 

Four types of foods are consumed by chEtana-s as follows:-

1. khAdya – that type of food which needs to be chewed by our teeth, say

rice-dal-chapati

2. pEya – that which we can just drink like water – juices, majjige etc

3. bhOShya – that type of food which needs to be just rolled in our

mouth, say pAyasa, gaMji

4. lEhya – just licked by the tongue pickles, jams, ‘gojju’ etc.

 

There are xaDrasa-s i.e. 6 tastes existing in the above four types of

foods and they are:-

1. uppu (salty)

2. huLi (acidic)

3. khAra (pungent)

4. sihi (sweet)

5. kahi (bitter)

6. ogaru (astringent taste)

 

In each of these tastes ParamAtma exists by those names. If two or three

rasa-s (tastes) are mixed in different proportions then we create a

unique flavor which is accept by the tongue and gives satisfaction to

the jIva. Thus ParamAtma existing in the four types of food and their

respective tastes eats and makes the jIva eat according to their yOgyata

and offer satisfaction provided by those foods. He accepts His own

rasa-s and via His biMba rUpa and the pratibiMba jIva get satisfaction

in four ways:-

 

1. ParamAtma accepts the taste

2. The jaDa rasa existing in the food provides growth or nutrition

(upachaya) for the sthUla dEha (saMhanana)

3. The iMdriya-s (karaNake) get happiness (anaMda) and satisfaction

4. The tatvAbhimAni dEvata-s (animiSharige) obtain His svarUpa daRshana

(AtmapradaRshana)

 

While the jaDa rasa is for the growth of the dEha, AnaMda is for the

iMdriya-s and those respective tatvAbhmani dEvata-s.

 

Another way of looking at this is:-

1. ‘Vishva’ nAma ParamAtma in our right eye is the Stimulator in our

waken state and the ‘sthUla rasa’ is thus accepted by Him as

‘sthUlabhuka’

2. The same ‘Vishva’ ParamAtma acts is known as ‘taijasa’ ParamAtma in

the neck region is the Stimulator for the dream state, and in contact

with the manas creates the dream objects and gets the experience of

dreams for the jIva.

3. The same ‘taijasa’ enter into the region of the heart in the name of

‘prAj~na’ and stimulates deep sleep and gets “AnaMda” for the jIva for a

short while.

4. The same ‘prAj~na” in the name of ‘tuRya’ in the region of the head

provides ‘svarUpabhUta AnaMda’ for the sAtvika-s.

 

Summarising below in a table:-

 

No.     rasa                    Accepted by             kARya

1       svAkhya rasa    ParamAtma               Taste

2       jaDa rasa               sthUla dEha             Growth

3       AnaMda rasa             iMdriya-s               karaNAnaMda

4       svarUpa daRshana        tatvAbhimani-s  daRshanAnaMda

 

or

 

No.     Bhagavad rUpa   rasa                    kARya

1       vishva          sthUla rasa             jAgR^ita

2       taijasa         pravivikta rasa svapna

3       prAj~na         AnaMda rasa             suShupti

4       tuRya   svarUpa         bhUta rasa              AnaMda

 

 

 

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