shrImadharikathAmR^itasAra - by Sri SGP CHAR - HKAS_04-04

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BHOJANA RASA VIBHAGA SANDHI

 

  Arurasa satvAdi bhEdadi

Aru mUrAgihavu sarA

sAra nItAprachura khaMDAkhaMDa chitprachura

Iradhika eppattusAvira

mAramaNana rasAkhyarUpa sha

rIradali bhOjya supadARthadi tiLidu bhuMjisuvudu ...HKAS-04-04

 

Arurasa = 6 tastes as stated in first stanza uppu (salty), huLi (acidic), khAra (pungent), sihi (sweet), kahi (bitter), ogaru (astringent taste)

satvAdi bhEdadi = containing the 3 guNa-s sAtvika, rAjasa and tAmasika

Aru mUrAgihavu = thus leading 6x3=18 rasa-s

sarAsAra = sAra rasa (propágating sAtvika guNa)  and asAra rasa (propágating rAjasika and tAmasika guNa)

nItAprachura = nIta rasa and anIta rasa

khaMDAkhaMDa = khaMDa rasa and akhaMda rasa

chitprachura = another way of division – explained below

Iradhika eppattusAvira = 72000

mAramaNana = laxmIpati i.e. nArAyaNa

rasAkhyarUpa = rasa rUpa

sharIradali = in 72000 nAdi-s in the dEha

subhOjya padARthadi = eatables which are not forbidden

tiLidu = imagining the bhagavadrUpa in those foods

bhuMjisuvudu = must eat

 

The six rasa-s of uppu, huLi, khAr, sihi, kahi & ogaru have tri-guNa-s sAtvika, rAjasa & guNa-s. Thus 6x3 = 18 types of rasa-s. Each of these types can be further categorized in four way as:-

1. suruchi – providing happiness to rasEMdriya (tongue / taste)

2. ruchira – providing happiness to nEtrEMdriya (eyes / sight)

3. sugaMdha – providing happiness to nasikEMdriya (nose / smell)

4. shuchi – providing happiness to tvagEMdriya (skin / touch)

 

The above 18 types would lead to 18x4 = 72 categories of tastes

 

These 72 categories when multiplied by 1000 names from viShNu sahasranAma lead to 72000 rUpa-s.

 

Thus (6 xaDrasa-s) x (3 guNa-s) x (4 rasa rUpa-s) x (1000 VS nAma-s) = 72000

 

Another important understanding that we will use repeatedly hereafter will be the sAMkhya krama referred as “aMkAnAM vAmatOgatiH” for arriving at the number of rUpa-s of ParamAtma in a particular item or name. Each alphabet is assigned a particular number for reference. That particular word is then represented numerically. The numerical value of rUpa is read in the reverse order.

 

For numerical value of each alphabet please refer Meera Tadipatri’s

posting below-

http://dvaita.info/pipermail/dvaita-list_dvaita.info/2005 February/000366.html

 

For example in the word “rasa”

ra=2 and sa=7 and thus rasa=27. When this number is read as per “aMkAnAM vAmatOgatiH” rule, i.e. in the reverse order, rasa will have a value of 72.

 

Explanation for sAra-asAra, nIta-aprachura, khaMDa-akhaMDa & chit-prachura.

 

1. Milk is said to be sAra rasa – containing sAtvika guNa and rAjasika guNa whereas foods originating from tR^iNa-s are said to be asAra rasa –containing tAmasika guNa and rAjasika guNa.

2. Recognition of a definite rasa by the tongue in spite of the fact that other rasa-s also simultaneously exist in a particular item is the nIta rasa. For example ‘sihi’ is the nIta rasa in ‘bella’ (jaggery) inspite of the fact that other rasa-s like ‘uppu’ etc do exist simultaneously. The other five unrecognizable rasa-s in an item are referred ‘aprachura’.

3. The smallest available part of a food item, for example a grain of rice has a particular rasa known as khaMDa rasa, whereas a spoonful of rice has a rasa which is known as akhaMDa rasa.

4. ‘chit’ is the mind which is satisfied by consuming a particular food. Since the blissful ParamAtma accepts only foods which predominantly contain sAtvika guNa-s, only such items are fit for consumption by the devotees. Foods containing tAmasika and rAjasika guNa-s are called ‘prachura’

 

The 18 types of rasa-s when multipled by the above 4 varieties lead to 72 categories.  And again, when these 72 categories when multiplied by 1000 names from viShNu sahasranAma lead to 72000 rUpa-s.

 

The abhimAni dEvata-s in network of 72000 nAdi-s are regulated by bhArati ramaNa mukhya prANAMtaRgata bR^ihati ParamAtma by dispersing nutrition in the form of jaDa rasa and provides growth and protection to the body. This is the most important understand if this saMdhi.

 

JagannAtha dAsa implores that knowledgeable devotees should relish their food with the above understanding.

 

 

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