Chinna Katha - Vishnu

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Chinna Katha

 

 

 

With the help of a small boat we can cross a vast river. While crossing

the river, the boat passes through water but water should not enter the

boat for a safe journey. Similarly, we are in samsara but our mind

should not involve in samsara. The mind or the manas gets involved in

samsara through the five Indriyas.When manas involves in samsar through

the five indrias we will end up in a disaster.

 

 

 

The monkey trapper usually takes advantage of monkey's weakness for

taste (rasa or jihvendriya). He usually gives a bottle with a narrow

neck in which peanuts are filled. When the monkey is engrossed in the

process of taking the peanuts out of the bottle with narrow neck, the

monkey trapper catches hold of the monkey. Similarly when we are deeply

involved in indriyalolathva we are also trapped by the arisadvargas and

finally get destroyed. If we fill our mind with MADHAVA and exercise

indriya nigraha we can avoid this disaster.

 

Being lured by one Indriya (by the temptation of Sabda, Sparsa, Rupa,

Rasa or Gandha) deer, elephant, locust, fish and butterfly, are loosing

their lives. You can imagine the plight of man who is lured by all

Indiryas.

 

 

 

BaddO hi kO yO vishayAnurAgI

 

kA vA vimuktirvishyE viraktihi

 

kO vAsti GOrO narakaha svadEhaha

 

trushaNAkshayaha swargapdam kimasti - Prasnottari- 2 by Adi

Sankaracharya

 

 

 

Q: Who is in bondage?

 

A: One who has desires on mundane things.

 

Q: What is Mukti?

 

A: Having vyragya on mundane things (vishaya vastuvulu).

 

Q: Which is Ghora Narakam?

 

A: This body is Ghora Narkam.

 

Q: Which is the path to Swargam?

 

A: Not having desire is the way to Swargam.

 

 

 

indriyanam hi caratam

yan mano 'nuvidhiyate

tad asya harati prajnam

vayur navam ivambhasi Bhagavad Gita 2-67

 

 

 

As a boat on the water is swept away by a strong wind, even one of the

roaming senses on which the mind focuses can carry away a man's

intelligence.