Sivaanandalahari - 11

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*Sivaanandalahari - 11*

 

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वहसि ॥ ११ ॥

 

vaTurvA gehI vA yatirapi jaTI vA taditaro

naro vA ya: kaS^chidbhavatu bhava kiM tena bhavati |

yadIyaM hRutpadmaM yadi bhavadadhInaM pasupate

tadIya-stvaM SaMbho bhavasi bhavabhAraM cha vahasi || 11 ||

 

 

How does it matter whether one is a bachelor, a family man ( Grhasta) or

Sanyasin or a Vanaprasta ( one who stays in the Forest ) with matted hair or

any other man? What difference will it make Oh Lord Parameswara ? Oh

Pasupathi! You will become his if he has surrendered his lotus heart to you.

Oh Shambu you will even bear the burden of his life.

 

*Commentary*

 

Aum

 

" Prananthum sthOthum vaa katham akrutha punya: prabhavathi. "

 

Without having performed punya karma in ever so many previous births,

praanis cannot hope to have bhakthi to Parameswara. The same is said in

Bhagavat Geetha:

 

" manmanaa bhava madhbhaktha: madhyajee maam namaskuru|

maamEvaishyasi yukthvaivamaathmaanam mathparaayaNa:||

 

A person who surrenders the lotus flower of his mind becomes a 'bandhu' to

Parameswara. In this sloka (of Sivaanandalahari) AachaaryaaL uses the word

'Thadheeya:'. The importance of the word is, instead of saying that the

bhaktha belongs to Him Parameswara says that He belongs to the bhaktha

putting the importance on the bhaktha. This way He underscores the fact that

He is 'Bhakthaparaadeenan'. This shows the 'Bhakthavaatsalyam' of

Parameswara.

 

Also AachaaryaaL says, 'bhavabhaaram cha vahasi " . The thaathparyam of this

is as follows:

 

'Bhavabhaara cha' means it is the flood of janana-maraNa. We have to

understand that Parameswara brings an end to this flood and gives Sivaayujya

padhavi to the bhaktha. This is the swaarasyam of 'cha' kaaram. Instead of

knowing this secret agnaanis think that by being wedded to their aasrama

they can attain sreyas. Those stages of life such as brahmacharyam,

grihasthaasramam, vaanaprastham and sanyaasam by themselves cannot lead to

saayujya padhavi. On the mind that has found its layam of Sivapaadhaabjam

can lead to Moksham. That is why Saakya Naayanaar says:

 

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Bhagavaan does not see the aasrama from which a person comes from rather it

is the mind of the bhaktha that has been surrendered to Him.

 

Aum Namasivaaya!