Sivaanandalahari - 6

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Sivaanandalahari - 6 (3)Brahma nishtaas who have known this rahasyam

ceaselessly do Easwaradhyaanam. Our Bhaashyakkaara says ‘mukthaa api

leelayaa vigraham kruthvaa bhajanthe’. Even those who have attained Mukthi

(note the word ‘api’ that emphasizes this) do poojanam of the mangala

vigraham of Parameswara. Doing Bhagavat Bhakthi is a swaabhaavika lakshanam

of Mukthaas. This is indicated by the word ‘leelayaa’. Aachaaryaal describes

‘leelayaa’ as “leelayaa, hEthunaa na thu bhaddhajeevavath, karmahethunaa,

vigraham, kruthvaa, swayamEva dhEham dhruthvaa

saayujyaadhimukthimanaadruthya bhajantheethi.” That is, it is not like the

bhakthajeevas that they take a sareeram according to their poorva karma

(which always happens by karthuraagnayaa) and do the bhajanam but of their

own accord (swayam sankalpam) they do this in order to swim like the swans

in Amrithasaras.

 

Thus this sloka lays stress on Easwara Bhakthi as the most superior one and

that every mumukshu should completely shun the dhus-tharkam which causes the

wasting of the precious life just like the frog that was caught in the

terrible mouth of the poisonous teeth of a snake, unaware of its imminent

death was trying to catch a fly that was passingby! ‘Samsaara

sarpadhashtaanaam janthoonaam avivEkinaam| Chandrasekhara Paadhaabhja

smaraNam paramoushadham|| To those praaNis who are bitten by the samsaara

sarpam that causes punarapi jananam, punarapi maranam, only the ocean of

mercy Sri Chandrasekhara (My crores of saashtaanga namaskaarams to our

ParamaachaaryaaL Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswathi SwaamigaL) remains as the

great aushadham to this halaahala visham of the snake of samsaara. So let us

all resolve to do Shivadhyaanam always.

 

Aum Namasivaaya|