Guest guest Posted December 9, 2001 Report Share Posted December 9, 2001 --- > Bhaja Govindam part 9 > > > Bhaja Govindam of Shankracharya > commentary provided Gopi Krishna..... contd > > Sloka 4 > > Nalineedalagata Jalamatitaralam > Tadvajjeevitamatisaya Chapalam > Viddhi Vyaadhyabhimaanagrastam > Lokam Sokahatam Cha Samastam > > ... Bhaja Govindam, Bhaja Govindam .. > Meaning: > > Nalineedalagata jalam - the water (drop) playing on a lotus petal, Ati - > extremely, Taralam - uncertain (existence), Tadvat - so, Jeevitam - life, > Atisaya - ever (greatly), Chapalam - unstable, Viddhi - understand, Vyaadhi > Abhimana Grastam - consumed by desease and conceit > (Vyaadhyabhimaanagrastam), Lokam - the world, Soka - with pangs, Hatam - is > (riddled) beset, Cha - and, Samastam - whole. > > Substance: > > The water drop on the lotus-leaf is very unsteady and has extremely > uncertain existence, so also is life. Understand that the world is equally > unstable and it will be swallowed by disease and conceit. Life is ultimately > nothing but worry, misery and grief. > " Life is ultimately nothing but worry,misery and greid " . I wonder how much this statement can appeal to people. I agree, if we see abosuletly this is the truth, but how many people can digest this. Many people say such statements are of pessimistic view. Such statements make people not to see good things in the world. Those who have understood vedantic teachings they can appreciate this statement. But this cannot be said with the others. I remember a song in my mother tongue kannada ( a rough translation of first 2 lines in english goes like this), " Vedanti says gold is mud a poet sings mud is gold " The approach of vedanti is nivrutti, where as poet approach is pravrutti. For a samnyasi I agree nivrutti approach is the best, but for householders like us, it becomes a wrong to adopt nivrutti nature, a bit of pravrutti is always needed. Any comments? sarvam vasudevamayam jagath Prashanth > Commentary: > > After giving a stern warning in the first three Slokas against the arrogance > of knowledge, the lure of wealth and the lust for sex, Sri Sankaracharya > speaks of the nature of life in this sloka. > > It is a natural phenomenon in the world with all the intelligent creatures > that they wish to possess more and more to enjoy, thinking that one gets > relieved form the sense of insecurity by having wealth. Even the richest man > in the world is not really happy with his earnings, as his wants are more. > The imaginary mansions one builds around oneself with money or wealth will > not stand to protect one when the death knocks at the door. The more the > number of possessions, the more one has to feel insecure and fear, as one > day one may lose them, if not at the time of death, but at least when one is > not careful and cautious in one's dealings. > > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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