Guest guest Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 69.yaa niSaa sarvabhoothaanaam thasyaam jaagarthi samyamee yasyaam jaagrathi bhoothaani saa niSaa paSyatho muneH The one who has self –control , (as portrayed in the previous sloka a sThithaprajna, ) keeps awake. (to the knowledge of the self) when it is night, (of ignorance) for all beings. It is night, (as good as night ) for him when all beings are awake, ( the worldly experience) The literal translation of the above sloka may make it appear as thoughthe yogi or sThithprajna sleeps in the day and keeps awake in the night!.This does not mean that a sthithaprajna is a night owl! The state of Divine knowledge and supreme Bliss is like night to the ignorant whereas it is as clear as the day to a jnani. On the other hand the ever changing, transient worldly happiness or sorrow does not mean anything to him and it is as though he is sleeping as far as the worldly experience of joy or sorrow is concerned. Thie meaning of the sloka is that the state of a sThithaprajna and that of a worldly person is extremely opposite like the day and night.. The ignorance of the reality which creates a world of dream where the experience of joy and sorrow are not permanent is described as ajnana thimira by the philosophers and the one who is ignorant is blind to reality. This blindness due to andhakara of ignorance can be removed only by jnana. This is the night described above for all beings. For the yogi the jnana shines like the sun "theshaam aadhithyavath jnanam prakaaSayathi thath param,' when he acquires the braahmee sThithi which is mentioned later in he chapter. As the world of joy and sorrow due to teense experience is absent in a jnani it is described as the night for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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