Guest guest Posted January 26, 2002 Report Share Posted January 26, 2002 There's a lot of good information available at www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp hope this helps. girish On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, [iso-8859-1] Robin Hood wrote: > hello Friends > > Could anyone tell me where Can I find information > about Adi Sanakarar, please. > > Love > Anbu > > > --- Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda > wrote: > Commentary on the Bhaja Govindam of Shanakra > by > > Gopi Krishna... > > > > > > Sloka 8 > > > > Kaa Te Kaantaa Kaste Putrah > > Samsaaroyamateeva Vichitrah > > Kasya Tvam Kah Kuta Aayaatah > > Tattvam Chintaya Tadiha Bhraatah > > > > ... Bhaja Govindam, Bhaja Govindam > > > > > > Meaning: > > > > Kaa - who is, Te - your, Kaantaa - wife, Kah - who > > is, Te - your, Putrah - > > son, Samsaarah Ayah - this Samsaara, Ateeva - > > supremely, Vichitrah - > > (indeed) wonderful, Kasya - of whom, Tvam - are you, > > Kah (Tvam) - who are > > you, Kutah - from where, Aayaatah - have come, > > Tattvam - of that Truth, > > Chintaya - think, Tad Iha - that here alone, > > Bhraatah - O Brother. > > > > Substance: > > > > Who is your wife? Who is your son? Very strange is > > this family bond or > > samsaara. Of whom are you? From where have you come? > > O Brother, ponder over > > that Truth here. > > > > Commentary: > > > > If one starts reflecting on the course of worldly > > life, which is a great > > mysterious enigma, one is faced with questions like, > > whence did one come, > > where was one previously, who is one's wife, one's > > son and other relations > > and what is the existence of oneself and the > > relation or the bond between > > one and another, etc. Starting with these simple > > questions, one will be > > puzzled by many more such questions and the reasons > > for one's anxiety and > > attachment. As one keeps on contemplating and > > meditating on such questions, > > the delusion will vanish and one will be at peace. > > One will understand that > > the body is perishable and the soul is imperishable > > and one should not > > become victim of erroneous attachments and the > > transient nature of these > > relations. These bonds may teach us or influence us > > to be tolerant, > > understand the limits of one's freedom, necessity of > > sharing, relieve from > > the selfishness and save us from many such negative > > aspects, but if one > > looks at the other side, it may lead us to get > > entangled in worldly > > attachments and become the root cause for our > > anxieties and worries. So as > > to get over these pitfalls, one has to learn to live > > life with detachment at > > home itself. The only possible antidote for the > > follies of delusion is > > complete surrender to Lord and through intelligent > > enquiry choose " shreyas " > > instead of " preyas " . Naturally, the first questions > > is who am I?, then who > > is my wife? who is my son?, etc. On simple analysis, > > one understands that > > one's wife is another's daughter or sister or some > > such relation. Having > > born independently, in the journey from birth to > > death, one acquires many > > such relations and bonds and when the death > > descends, all these relations > > vanish in thin air. Ultimately, one realises the > > truth that one belongs only > > to the Divine Father or Mother and nobody else. All > > relations other than the > > relation with the Main Source of Universe is false, > > causes unhappiness, > > anxiety and worry. > > > > Sri Adi Sankaracharya asks his younger brothers in > > this sloka to > > ponder over the weakness of extreme attachment to > > things of the world > > outside and the futility that it brings ultimately. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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